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Family separation creates harsh backdrop on July Fourth
I write this on the Fourth of July afternoon, 2018. My favorite holiday. The USA is 242 years old. Looking back, it's been a strange...
Editorial: Tax reform bill plus Roy Moore equals GOP stench
With the U.S. Senate potentially voting on President Donald Trump's tax reform package this week, debate continues over just how accurate it is for...
Poetry: Starry night of the great fire & The final seder
Starry Night of the Great Fire
by Derek Geiger
Chattel ride a ferrous horse
Off to their ash-filled commune
To forge axes for the norse
As they march to...
In support of feminism: The Girl Child
The Girl Child
by Nelson Vincent Ayomitunde
(Author's note: Based on certain cultural instincts that have birthed discrimination in gender, this poem is for feminism, dedicated...
Daryl Ross Halencak poetry: ‘Sister Moon’ and ‘Private First Class’
Sister Moon
by Daryl Ross Halencak
Sister Moon and I look for nighttime shine,
past the darkened clouds,
over the rainbow, through the shadows.
Will we gaze beyond the...
‘Hope is a choice’ that can make all the difference
In 1985, Czechoslovakian playwright and dissident Vaclav Havel sat in prison while his country was under the control of the Soviet Union.
At that time,...
Letter: Former inmates need a financial hand up
To the Editors:
With so much attention, finally, on criminal justice reform, it is disheartening to realize little is being done for a recently released...
Letter: Calling all Trump voters for thoughts on budget
To the editors:
The Trump budget includes $52.3 BILLION more for defense, even though the U.S. already spends much more than other countries on defense.
Get...
Letters: The real Top Daug speaks; ‘irony’; and comrades
The following letters were sent to NonDoc over the past two weeks.
To the editors:
Hello, Mike Allen. Thank you so much for the great article...
Letter: For Puerto Rico, ‘power of prayer’ inadequate
To the editors:
Christianity has many sects — just like Islam, with its two well-known branches of Shia and Sunni (among other smaller sects) who war...
