Dog Flips Burgers
Too politically correct to chase cats / Listens to classical music on PBS / Supports union demands / Burns paw on grill / Swats another fly More
The Last Run (An Excerpt)
Louis Gentry stood outside Kings County Hospital. His new shoes killing him. A forty-five year old ex-con with a limp in his left leg—a nerve severed by a shiv… More
In Good Company
IntroductionThere are many different ways to experience life. One of the coldest and loneliest is to be homeless.Imagine yourself standing on the street as the temperature drops. Lights come… More
A Taste of Honey
It has been a long time since I had seen or tasted honey. When they shoved a tray of mush under the door one morning, I looked at the… More
Prison Poets
Everywhere solitary prisoners begin to create the words of the new dialogue.- Octavio Paz, 1949 The poet in him flounders in a morass of lies and distortions about his conquered… More
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This #pridemonth, we bring back our interview with Frank Mugisha, a prominent Ugandan advocate for the rights of LGBTQ+ people, who spoke with us about his work and what it means to be part of the LGBTQ+ community in Uganda: https://bit.ly/3hLpyip
From cover stories to burner phones, Myanmar’s journalists are resorting to unconventional methods to report on life under military rule. https://www.voanews.com/a/cover-stories-and-burner-phones-how-myanmar-journalists-report-under-military-rule-/6633229.html
Nobel laureate Maria Ressa said journalism is at "an existential moment" and commented on the role of big tech in contributing to the spread of false information in an address at this year's DW Global Media Forum in Bonn. https://bit.ly/3OygTyy
