The dismantling of voting rights directed at the African American community can only be described as re-traumatizing and opening old painful wounds in this long-suffering community. Yet this community is rising and resisting. But if the resistance takes the form of African Americans fighting alone, can the assault be overcome?
A Last Earthly LifeBy Kathy Powers
Today,the last alive organism,a lone sunflower
Starvedby a field ofdusty concrete soil
Parchedby plastic waterthat quenched her
Chokedher life breath snuffedby fossil...
Citing dangerous conditions, lack of adequate food and medical care, and cruel legal obstacles that keep many in captivity for months, protesters gather outside as several hundred detainees go on hunger strike at the ICE North Lake Processing Center in Baldwin, MI.
