We are living a lie. Two of them, actually. One is a chronic self-deception that we can see every day…
How would you fill in the blanks?
As I dropped off a friend at his home recently, I noticed two women nearby. They were holding hands. One…
GOP delegation blasted for stoking fear and hatred at southern border
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) criticized the “rhetoric of fear and hatred” used Monday by Rep. John Katko (R-NY) and…
The rewarding encounters of a U.S. Census enumerator
Yesterday I ended my six-week stint as an enumerator with the U.S. Census Bureau, going door-to-door as part of the…
America has a gun addiction problem
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Photo illustration © Michelle Gabel By MIKE DONOHUE In the days since the Uvalde massacre, there…
‘The world’s explicit bias is on display’
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A mother holds her son close as the wind picks up and snow falls at the…
Historian demands a reckoning with our racist past
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Historian Ty Seidule will speak Friday, March 4 at 7 p.m. at the Catherine Cummings Theater,…
Do we dare climb that hill?
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A house in Earlville, NY, has had this sign on the lawn for many months. Photo…
The path we choose makes all the difference
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An inviting path into the woods was made ugly by racist graffiti at a trailhead last…
The voices at the other end
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Buffalo Federal Detention Facility in Batavia, NY. Photo © Michelle Gabel. By JIM McKEEVER I won’t…
It’s what you leave behind you when you go
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Photo © Michelle Gabel 2008. By JIM McKEEVER Ten years ago, during the welcoming ceremony for…
Humanity Knows No Borders
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Our companion, an asylum seeker recently released from an immigration detention center in Calexico, Calif., asked…
My New Normal is Going to the Dogs
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Author John Grau, ensconced in his new normal. Photo © Mary Beth Grau. By JOHN GRAU…
Jim McKeever 