Readings

The DeVos family believes “patriotism and politics are inseparable from Christianity.” I grew up in the same church as the education secretary: her flaws run deeper than religion.

 “Snag Beach” would make a great name for an Indigenous dating site—swipe right to check attached genealogical records to see if your match is also your cousin.

Stupid lyrics are good for you. Bad lyrics are just bad. 

Speaking with the author of 300 Arguments about crafting an experimental, lyrical form; treating writing as a game; and our shared affinity for Jenny Holzer.

Medical advances are turning once-fatal illnesses into manageable conditions, but what's life like for patients whose existences become a liminal space between not-quite-healthy and not-quite-sick?

When I hear the significance of the two words twisted by those too paralyzed with fear to understand their meaning, I think about all they encompass for my family and my friends.

Would you rather burn to death or drown? 

The message is, overwhelmingly, that we Muslims are not welcome in the West. Yet, we are here, everywhere, invisible in big cities and small, until someone cuts us down.

The post-election social media barrage has put us in a strange spot: We don't want to remain silent and complicit, but are we just adding to an exhausting wall of sound?