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Worst Day of My Life
Worst Day of My Life by Laura Finley 716 words I got one of the worst text messages a parent can receive at 12:05 p.m. on April 17. “Active shooter.” My daughter is in her final two weeks of undergraduate studies at Florida State University, where a shooter, later identified as FSU student Phoenix Ikner,…
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Democracy or Plutocracy?
Democracy or Plutocracy? by Lawrence S. Wittner 973 words Despite much lofty rhetoric portraying the United States as a democracy (in which the people rule), this nation, in fact, has often resembled a plutocracy (in which the wealthy rule). The confusion owes a great deal to the fact that the United States, at its founding,…
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There’s No Real Future Without Empathy
There’s No Real Future Without Empathy by Robert C. Koehler 944 words From Gulf of America to mass expulsion of “illegals” (people of color) to continuing genocidal complicity in Gaza to whatever the daily news brings us…welcome to Trump America! Welcome to the small-minded, white nation so many long for, free once again from those…