A Poet’s Deep Compassion for Life
Vinograd’s deep-rooted compassion for life makes her portrayals of suffering, death, and destruction overwhelmingly poignant.
Month: October 2010
Short Fiction: The Greek Couple; Turn and Burn
The Greek Couple— Fiction by George Wynn
When Tito came back home to Boston, where his father and mother were dead, he’d always screw up. Nostalgia for his parents drove him to the bottle. He was persona non grata with his two married sisters on the South Shore.
/—/Turn and Burn— Fiction by Joan Clair
“You need to think of it as a business,” one of the property managers said. “It’s not about his humanity or yours, even though, of course, none of us likes to put anyone out on the street.”
Short Fiction and Poetry – October 2010
REFLECTION
by Joan Clair
A friend tells me she no longer has much or as much sympathy and compassion
As the Economy Unravels, the Poor Are Criminalized
Quality of life laws resurrect a disgraceful tradition of discriminating against poor people. Like Jim Crow laws, these new laws segregate our country by race and class.
Fighting for the Right to Affordable Housing
“There is a human rights crisis in the U.S. that can no longer be ignored... millions of Americans are unable to secure one of their most basic rights — the right to adequate housing.” — UN Special Rapporteur on Adequate Housing
Lessons Learned from The Greening of America
With hopes for immediate change fading, some have become disenchanted with organizing. Yet, retreating from activism to seek personal liberation leaves us powerless to resist war, economic injustice, and corporate tyranny.
PETRA Would Eliminate Public Housing and Undo Over 70 Years of Progress in Housing the Nation’s Poor
by Lynda Carson
[dropcap]O[dropcap]n Sept. 27, 2010, activists and public housing residents gathered in front of the Los Angeles Housing