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Aleppo Is Us

By Ashley Makar | September 11, 2016

With the recent “What is Aleppo?” gaffe by Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson, the news cycle has long moved on from the child whose image quickly became an icon of…

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Holding Light

By Ashley Makar | May 19, 2016

Waging peace on terror, with refugees.

Photograph by the author.

Silver Bells

By Emily Ruth Mace | December 14, 2015

Reading The Polar Express in the wake of mass shootings.

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Sadness Is My Favorite

By Kelly J. Baker | December 11, 2015

“Sadness touch my memories, Mama.” My two-year-old repeats this sentence like it’s his mantra. We’ve been watching Inside Out on heavy rotation at our house. He and his seven-year-old sister…

Kids in front of gas flare in Niger Delta, 2007 (© Elaine Gilligan)

A Series of Small Leaps

By Jessica Wilbanks | February 11, 2014

Writing about witchcraft, children, and desperation in the Niger Delta.

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Gym Class Zen

By Alex Tzelnic | February 4, 2014

An ode to pain.