4+ hour ago  (408+ words) What we've got right now is more of a "burnt panini generation." That's not what I feel like is happening to me and my cohort. This isn't "almost pleasant." What we've got is more of a "burnt panini generation." The…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago  (700+ words) In April, Senate'Republicans withdrew'a moratorium on mining in the Boundary Waters. Minnesotans are fighting back. So it was a gut punch to see the U. S. Senate decide by one vote to'overturn'federal protections against toxic mining in the Superior National Forest, right…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (708+ words) The American promise of liberty and justice for all is not being realized by the four million people with felonies who are unable to vote. Michael Fleshman (CC BY-SA 2. 0) Thousands march in New York City to defend voting rights during…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago  (291+ words) A small press offers writers support in telling stories of life during and after incarceration. by Eleanor J. Bader Several hundred of Prewitt's letters are now also compiled in two volumes: Trying to Catch Lightning in a Jar (2025) and Catching Lightning:…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago  (684+ words) The apparent goal is to keep as many people as possible from getting the help they need. Frail. That's a word that a lot of people use to describe people like me who use wheelchairs. That's not a word that…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (581+ words) Marriage rights should be respected and protected as civil rights. "Do you think marriages between same-sex couples should or should not be recognized by the law as valid, with the same rights as traditional marriages?" This was the question asked…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (292+ words) Illustration by Christopher Cruz I know firsthand that conversion therapy doesn't work. SCOTUS' decision to protect it only hurts LGBTQ+ people. When I was twenty-seven years old, I attended a conversion therapy program in the Black church. I had recently…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (458+ words) The MAGA movement has used and abused people's ignorance and fear about transgender people as a Trojan horse to implement its fascist agenda. Once upon a time in America, I'wrote'a cautionary tale warning what would happen if chickens enthusiastically voted…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (420+ words) An interview with Joan Ilacqua of Queer History Boston. Graphic by Christopher Cruz Q: Can you tell me about the mission and evolution of Queer History Boston? Blue T/Queer History Boston Q: Can you talk more about the materials you found…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (696+ words) A look into the first bar in Chicago, Illinois, to exclusively show women's sports. When Nora Mc Connell-Johnson opened the first bar to exclusively show women's sports in Chicago, Illinois, she imagined a place where women's sports fans could watch…...