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For Holocaust Remembrance Day, I Watched a Friend Fall for QAnon and into Anti-Semitism
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day, the anniversary of when Auschwitz was liberated and the horror of the Holocaust began to truly reveal itself to the world. Instead of sharing the usual photos of emaciated bodies behind barbed wire and spouting #NeverForget hashtags, I want to offer a personal story—one that’s much more recent and…
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To Those Who Mourn in Silence (100,000)
© To Those Who Mourn in Silence, Shari Lopatin, 2020 (written 5-28-2020) I see your pain in Silence. As you curl Away Into your private world, Lost, never found, And missing your 100,000. I sink with you Alone. And scoff at the smiles That mock Your loss. If silence is your Cry, I will…
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Does Atwood’s ‘The Testaments’ Measure Up to ‘Handmaid’s Tale’?
*Please note that I may earn a small commission should you click any of the links in this post to make a purchase. However, I bought my own copy of this book and reviewed it independently of any commissions, payments, or trade-offs. Book: The Testaments: The Sequel to The Handmaid’s Tale Author: Margaret Atwood Link…
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4 Ways to Tell if Information is Real or Fake: Advice from a Former Journalist
When I was a daily newspaper reporter, I always had to navigate through multiple versions of a story before I learned what really happened. We have a saying in journalism. It goes, “There are three sides to every story: side one, side two, and the Truth.” The Truth usually falls somewhere between the first two…
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I Have a Right to Protect Myself and My Loved Ones, Too
To all those angry protestors out there, yelling at people for wearing masks, refusing to respect reporters’ requests to stay six feet back, and screaming in the faces of police officers, I have a message for you: I HAVE A RIGHT TO PROTECT MYSELF AND MY FAMILY, TOO. If I want to wear a mask…