From The Root Anna Deavere Smith and a chorus of artists recite the poem "To Kneel," by Kathy Engel, in support of 2018 NFL protests and the right to dissent, and against racist police violence. Visit The Root - Black news, opinions, politics and culture Cartoon credit: Drew Sheneman, Newark Star-Ledger (Newark, N.J.), [...]
By Keith Welch We'd like to think that all our cops are fearless that their well-trained minds are sharp and quick but certainly they're worse than useless unless they can tell a pistol from a stick Or when a suicidal person's begging for an ending to their tortured grief does a policeman's duty include abetting desire [...]
By Russell Hemmell Delphis—the Cheerful One—had known it since the beginning. She was going to remember the day the magic of gene editing was discovered in the multifaceted and famously riotous dolphin world. It could provide a way for the planet to survive climate change, the developers claimed. Once we upgrade, uplift and upscale, we’ll [...]
Kristallnacht, Again In Indiana, empty-headed cornstalks wave at the interstate. Peeling wooden crosses lurk among the goldenrod, forgotten. Deployed decades ago with evangelical zeal, they decorated Appalachian highways when my friend Daniel still lived in West Virginia. They unleashed his crystal nightmares of Vienna. He knocked at our screen door, asked, If they come again, [...]
