Mac and Cheese. Peas and Carrots. Bread and Butter. Art and Activism. Some things just go together, don't they? Why is that? Have you ever noticed that wherever you see an activist movement at its …
Music to Move the World: Bread and Roses
This Wednesday was May 1st, also known as May Day, also known as International Worker's Day. In honor of the occasion, let's make this Friday's Music to Move the World "Bread and Roses." Where …
Jeanette LeBlanc – When a Woman Tells You She’s Been Violated
This stunning poem was published at The Elephant Journal. It should be passed from person to person forever unto eternity. May it help you heal, may it help us support those around us, may it help us …
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“We Need All of Us” by Isabel Faith Abbott
There are days that I want to do something for this world so much that it hurts. Problem is, lately there are days that I have no idea how I'm supposed to do that, exactly. There's this feeling deep …
“Islamophobia” by Rudy Francisco, Natasha Hooper, and Amen Ra
Wow. "Salaam alaikum... May peace be with you.... Do you get it? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Qf9onCjdUA …
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“To be of use” by Marge Piercy | Poetry Foundation
The people I love the best jump into work head first without dallying in the shallows and swim off with sure strokes almost out of sight. They seem to become natives of that element, the black sleek …
“Hella Black” by Mahogany L. Browne
Poetry has always been a great way to shout your politics because the personal is political, and the political is personal. But this. Wow. So commandingly powerful. This is that …
“I want to apologize to all the women i have called pretty” by rupi kaur
For International Women's Day: Like this? Check out her book of poetry Bread & Honey, a radical read to straighten your spine and lift your soul, or check out more of her poetry on her FB …
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A Poem so that the Weight of this Country does not Crush You – Yosimar Reyes
A Poem so that the Weight of this Country does not Crush You – Yosimar Reyes Somedays you may wake up sad somedays you may wake up frustrated somedays you may wake up tired somedays you may wonder if …
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“I, Too” by Langston Hughes
I, Too BY LANGSTON HUGHES I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at …