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An Open Letter to My Dead Mother about the New Pope with the MAGA Brother
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The Secret Diary of a Video Game Horse
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You Don’t Need Medicaid—Just Pull Yourself Up by Your Abuse of Power
“People these days don’t have enough get-up-and-go. One little setback and they’re dependent on Medicaid forever. Instead, when life hands you lemons, demand that it also hand you a $400 million jet in exchange for unnamed future political favors.” -
Do You Qualify for Refugee Status Under the Trump Administration?
Is your country mentioned in a Bob Marley protest song?
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To the Dad Coaching Third Base, Wearing a “Women Want Me, Fish Fear Me” Hat
“I’m willing to take you at your word that there are women out there who want a lethargic man who just stands there as a runner that he should’ve told to slide is casually tagged out at third. My issue is with your hat’s second claim. I do not believe fish fear you.”
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May 9, 2025Unsung Heroes of Motherhood
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May 8, 2025An Open Letter to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Who Thinks My Daughter Is a Tragedy
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May 9, 2025Chicago Pope’s First Changes
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May 6, 2025Introducing Our University’s New, Totally Reasonable Criteria for Promotion and Tenure
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May 9, 2025Moms Have a Secret: They Want Cigarettes for Mother’s Day
Interviews, Essays, and Excerpts
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May 16, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: Ask Carrie, Spring 2025
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May 15, 2025Reviews of New Food: Pringles Hot Ones Los Calientes Rojo Crisps
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May 13, 2025Hello, I’m New Here
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May 8, 2025Letters to Moms: A Letter to Back to the Future’s Lorraine Baines-McFly
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May 5, 2025Lest We Forget the Horrors: An Unending Catalog of Trump’s Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
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May 2, 2025Excerpts from The Believer: An Interview with Delroy Lindo
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May 1, 2025Short Conversations with Poets: Derek Mong
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