The immigration debate in the United States is haunted by an old ghost. Its name is the White Man’s Burden, the paternalistic ideology that framed non-white peoples as inferior, uncivilized, ...
I turned on my TV on Inauguration Day, but avoided coverage of the event in a bid to depress the ratings. No doubt I will be arrested for that act of lèse-majesté in due course. Regardless, I spent ...
January 22 is National Sanctity of Human Life Day. This observance was established in 1984 through President Ronald Reagan’s proclamation, which designated the anniversary of Roe v. Wade (January 22, ...
All of us as vital as the one light we move through.” Amanda Gorman was just 22 when her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb”, read for Joe Biden’s presidency in 2021, made her a breakout ...
By Karl Kirchwey Karl Kirchwey’s eighth book of poems, “Good Apothecary,” will be published this year. He teaches in the M.F.A. program in creative writing at Boston University, where he ...