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From sea to shining sea, each one meant to be // blessed, possessed, with life and liberty // But between the premise, the promise, and reality // there exists an abyss of inequality
a barbed wire fence stands in front of a torn American flag waving against a gray sky
Democracy was like weather // on those rare days when it’s so // right, so not-too-anything, // its goes unnoticed.
A torn yellow patch reveals a pair of eyes peeking through a muted green painted surface.
As I bend / hanging laundry on the drying rack / my back twinges    but just a little
a construction scene in which a person wearing baggy jeans covered in paint and dust is hunched over a bowl, which is next to a bucket, a barrel, and a sack.
Ritual to acknowledge loss of abortion access
Silhouette of a person blowing out a candle against a vivid blue background.
“Help me find my voice to fight for my needs”
A red and white ambulance speeds down a city street with lights flashing at night.

“Be careful that you do not mistake human beings for the state”

Bright yellow wildflowers in a sunlit desert landscape with a mountain in the background.

“Noon January 20: If we create the future in the present, the One from the differences that we can fit together”

Star of David with Hebrew text on greenery background.

Symbolic foods to celebrate the 2021 presidential inauguration

A glass plate with food items and leaves next to a glass and a card with messages of equality and inclusion.

“Shine brightly in the halls of power”

Blue and white fireworks burst brightly against a dark night sky.

A prayer for the 2021 inauguration, amid threats of domestic terrorism, for the sake of our new government, and the success and well-being of our new president and vice president

A woman draped in a U.S. flag, wearing patriotic jewelry, sits with others and clasps her hands in excitement.

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