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When the President of the United States Calls a Black Woman a Dog and Of Course He Said Nigger

Cuando El Presidente De Los Estados Unido Llama Perra A Una Mujer Negra HEAR OMAROSA. Oir Omarosa.     When the President of the United States Calls a Black Woman a Dog Copyright 2018 by Alice Walker When the President of the United States Calls a black woman a dog We understand he lacks the read more »

When the President of the United States Calls a Black Woman a Dog

HEAR OMAROSA. Oir Omarosa.     When the President of the United States Calls a Black Woman a Dog Copyright 2018 by Alice Walker   When the President of the United States Calls a black woman a dog We understand he lacks the courage To say what he means: bitch. But this is where we are read more »

TAKING THE ARROW OUT OF THE HEART An Evening with Alice Walker & Desert Rose – World Peace Day – Sep 21, 2018

TAKING THE ARROW OUT OF THE HEART An Evening with Alice Walker & Desert Rose World Peace Day Friday, September 21, 2018  7:30 PM “In this time of sorrow, when so many are reeling from the pain of earth loss, of beauty’s destruction, of oppression and challenge of every sort, I have felt encouraged and read more »

We Can Know the World is Changing When the African Woman Freely Speaks Her Mind, Globally. Loving Dr. Mumbi Seraki

  We Can Know the World is Changing When the African Woman Freely Speaks Her Mind, Globally.  Loving Dr. Mumbi Seraki. YouTube. The Dr. Mumbi Show is a single black woman, from Kenya, East Africa, teaching. Dr. Mumbi is a joy to watch and listen to; she is brash and enthusiastically vivid, bursting with the read more »

Howard Zinn’s Southern Diary – Alice Walker Forward “What Nurtured My Outrage, Really?”

Alice Walker’s Forward What Nurtured My Outrage, Really? -  Howard Zinn’s Southern Diary (Download pdf 466 kb)    

Wonders Never Ceasing – Queen Sugar and The Star of the Sea

  One thing you can count on: Wonders Never Ceasing. Queen Sugar and The Star of the Sea. Copyright©2018 by Alice Walker     Queen Sugar which my friends and I watch with gratitude and joy, stirs those latent places, almost asleep or drifting, of memory, of community, of tribe, that have felt almost forgotten in read more »

Children in Cages: Who Are Americans? What Are They?

This appeal from a Senator had one bright spot: he is a Senator. With a heart. -AW Dear MoveOn member, I’m U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley, and I believe that in America, we must never intentionally inflict trauma on children. And that’s why I’m writing to you today. At a Border Patrol processing center in McAllen, read more »

Mai Der Vang Poem (What Do Poets Also Do? They Pick Up the Pieces.)

Final Dispatch from Laos by Mai Der Vang   Concerning our hollow breasts, Lice factions multiplying in our hair. Concerning our unused stomachs, Molars waiting to chew, taste buds Obsolete. By then, we won’t remember We’re alive. We’ll be the soil covered In mines. Concerning last night’s Attack, seven dead, five injured, four Gone missing, read more »

Coming soon! Taking the Arrow Out of the Heartby Alice Walker

Coming soon!

How Human Beings Specialize in Being Amazing

Sonam Wangchuk: An Ice Fountain Brings Water to the Himalayan Desert Guernica by Teresa Krug “I’m working on [how to adapt to] life without glaciers. I’ve already started experiments to see what can be done with very little rain. I won’t go into details, but this is about mixing the sandy soil with clays and read more »