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One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism
Since the 2016 election, reading the news each day can send even the most placid among us into a paralyzing apoplexia. We are enraged, we are bewildered, and then we get nothing done all day. We go to bed with teeth clenched, wake up, and it begins again.
But we have a solution. From now until the 2018 midterm elections — and likely beyond — we will be featuring essays by powerful voices, from poets and novelists to actors and activists, giving voice to their state of mind — and possibly yours, too.
And then, most crucially, these writers will offer one simple thing you can do that day to take action, to address those concerns, to feel a little less powerless. Maybe it’ll be an organization or charity they find worthy of your donation, a volunteer opportunity worth your time, or an issue that deserves greater awareness. Maybe it’ll be a simple commitment to vote this November. Whatever it is, we hope it will help remind all of us of the big and small things we can do to work toward justice and change.
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May 21, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: The Idea of Reasonable Debate
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May 18, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: The Natural Order of the World Depends On It
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May 16, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: On Human Decency
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May 14, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: Attack of the Shiny Black Oxford
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May 11, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: She is New Here
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May 9, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: There is No End to That Season Anymore
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May 7, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: A Land Governed by Unkindness Reaps No Kindness
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May 4, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: Testimony of the Senses
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May 2, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: Xenophobia, Bigotry, and Hatred
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April 30, 2018One Small Blow Against Encroaching Totalitarianism: Politically Correct? Hear Me Out, Please
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