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After unprecedented horror, world governments offered only an arid, already-populated sliver of land to the survivors?
Decisions made by leaders of the current Israeli government are causing suffering in Gaza, but a long history of atrocity precedes their choices.
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On white supremacist vegetables and watchful eyes.
There have always been watchful eyes on our farmers market — it’s down the street from the county jail.
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On depictions of (non)violence for the cause of justice.
Graphic novelist Nate Powell, alongside his March co-authors John Lewis & Andrew Aydin, will be speaking in Bloomington next month. I’m excited about the talk. I first learned about Powell’s work by reading The Silence of Our Friends about the civil rights movement in Texas. That book was especially meaningful for me because I’m generally non-confrontational, preferring…
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On justice (an essay for Z).
“In Egypt, we are all about justice. Justice, justice, justice. Where ever you go, people are in the streets. There are tanks.” I was crouching in front of a swingset, gently pushing my daughter back each time she arced forward to nearly kick me in the head. Z was standing beside me, talking politics. It…
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