illuminating conversations with offers. two years of powerful books. two years of reading resistance, there are two major takeaways, the direct attempts to remove books from classrooms and libraries are not slowing down. second, a book could quite literally save a life. i could say more, but today i will let the literature speak for itself. there are two things that encapsulate that truth, quite like the cult classic, the perks of being a wall flower. the perks of being a wall tower follows 15 year old charlie as he navigates high school after a friend s devastating suicide and reckons with the life altering intergenerational trauma. with the help of sam, a magnetic high school senior with an undeserving reputation, and patrick, who is harboring a secret relationship with the quarterback of the football team, charlie finds his footing and finds himself. i began by asking about his frequent use of 90s references throughout the book, including the song asleep by the smiths. i
brink of a constitutional crisis, at least once. eroded americans faith and democracy and shattered peoples trust in the electoral system. yet, despite all of that, a significant portion of the electorate still believes that he deserves another four years in the white house. trump has made it clear that he s running a campaign of retribution and vengeance, promising to enact hard-line policies that could run afoul of the law and even saying that he wouldn t be a dictator, except for on day one. that s a direct quote. he s already plenty of reports out there about the kinds of draconian plans that trump and his close allies are preparing for a possible second term, including a crackdown on immigration that involves sweeping raids, giant detention camps, along the border, and mass deportations of millions of people each year. trump has made it well known that he intends to weaponize the justice department against his political enemies and critics in an attempt to stifle descen