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Why Are People Leaving This City We’ve Made Impossible to Live In?
“We’re stunned we’re losing thousands and thousands of residents who say they can’t build a life here. We don’t understand why they’re leaving, even after we’ve spent all our time in office making this city absolutely inhospitable to working people.” -
I Am a Disappointed Trump Voter Who Was Told It Would Be the Past by Now
“Well, they say you should never trust a politician, and it seems I’ve been duped.” -
The Dread Lord Nyarlathotep Presidential Library
Welcome Home, President Nyarlathotep
“The gears of this Great Nation grind on, no matter who or how many people beg us to stop and reconsider. My only responsibility today is to pass the torch that will help illuminate a new era that’s somehow more hauntingly grotesque, bleak, and horrifying than your first.” -
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Who Said It: Donald Trump or Martin Luther King Jr.?
“I’m the least racist person you have ever interviewed.”
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January 17, 2025Who Said It: Donald Trump or Martin Luther King Jr.?
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January 17, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: An Interview with Annie Leibovitz
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January 7, 2025Short Conversations with Poets: Carol Moldaw
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December 13, 2024Excerpts from The Believer: Ancient to the Future
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December 11, 2024Letters to Moms: A Letter to Kevin McCallister’s Mom
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December 6, 2024Excerpts from The Believer: An Interview with Musician Jack Stratton
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December 4, 2024Announcing the International Library of Youth Writing
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November 29, 2024Excerpts from The Believer: Resurrector: Signs
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