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The devastation that men inflict upon one another and the planet informed his most surrealist work.

When he stopped trying to fix the world, it left some leftists feeling pretty irritated.

He spent his life trying to dodge his own mortality, resistant but haunted by its specter.

The first of 1,000 planned ‘Freedom Libraries’ opens in the Massachusetts prison where the campaigner was incarcerated in the 1940s

On the show, Chris Hedges discusses prison with the poet, writer and attorney, Reginald Dwayne Betts

For over 60 years, poet and activist Sonia Sanchez has helped redefine American culture, politics and education. She is this years winner of the Gish Prize, a $250,000 lifetime achievement honor.

A lawyer and poet once imprisoned for a carjacking committed at age 16 is among 25 people who won the MacArthur Foundation fellowships, commonly known as

About the Show Voted “Favorite Political Podcast” by Apple Podcasts listeners. Stephen Colbert says, “Everybody should listen to the Slate Political Gabfest.” The Gabfest is hosted by Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and David Plotz. Listen for the debates, stay for the cocktail chatter.All episodes Hosts David Plotz is a host of the Slate Political Gabfest and the CEO of City Cast. Emily Bazelon is a staff writer at the New York Times Magazine, the author of

Failed rally, fanned flames. When white nationalists failed to turn out in threatening numbers Sunday at a Huntington Beach rally, many antiracism counterprotesters saw it as a victory. Yet experts who track extremist movements say that the truth is more complex and troubling. “It fires up the base,” said one. Are they ready? Long Beach embraced the chance to house immigrant children. But some critics question whether city leaders fully understand the risks of partnering with a Satellite ...

0Shares I get it, you don’t read poetry. It was never for you. You just can’t get into it. Teachers and professors assigned you poems that were beautiful but unrelatable. The last time you picked up a poem was when you had to read it out loud a few times before class or before you picked it apart for an essay. Have you tried picking it up since? Have you watched a slam or spoken word poet on stage? Discovered and written found poetry? Read a novel-in-verse? If not, you can’t say you “d...