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Passing Down the Scroll
“Atem nitzavim hayom—You are standing this day, all of you, before the Lord your G-d . . .” ASCENDING THE MAROON-CARPETED steps, I took a deep, steadying breath. I’d swapped my baby Continue reading
Justice
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Stealing Higher Ground: A Portrait of Rising Climate Gentrification
RAZING LIBERTY SQUARE IS the most recent work from the Academy Award–nominated documentary filmmaker Katja Esson. Soon after seeing Barry Jenkins’ 2016 Oscar-winning film Moonlight, which was shot on location in Continue reading
Meditation
Poetry of Witness
MAYBE IT’D BE a stand of trees encircling a ground soft with pine needles, out of view of neighbors so as not to scare them, but close enough that, should danger Continue reading
Book Review
I’ll Show Them That Anne Frank Wasn’t Born Yesterday!
“I HAVE MADE A rough sketch of my underground palace,” Anne Frank wrote in her diary on June 14, 1942. “I hope that this wish of mine will be fulfilled one Continue reading
Poem
Tururucari-Uka Village
Translated from the Portuguese by Tiffany Higgins When Euaracy awakens Her rays come to greet us Showing the day has begun And it’s time to work. The Kambeba people’s village Isn’t Continue reading