Finland is offering artists up to €3,800/month to slow down and just make work. No exhibitions required, no performances. Just you, a quiet countryside residence, and two uninterrupted months. The Saari Residence 2027 is open to artists, writers, poets, translators, composers

In America today, wealth inequality has become so extreme that the top 1% now own as much stock and mutual funds as the bottom 99% combined. No democracy is sustainable when so few have so much while so many have so little. We need an economy that works for all, not the 1%.

Jeff Bezos, worth $233 billion, wants to raise $100 billion to replace factory workers with robots. That’s a declaration of war against the working class. He must explain to the American people what happens when millions lose their jobs. How will they survive?

Millions of dollars are missing. ABC, Paramount, X, and Meta all settled lawsuits by promising to donate millions to Trump's library fund. Now, his initial library fund is gone. Is the money in Donald Trump's pocket? I'm pressing for answers.

#NationalPoetryMonth - Treat yourself! “Echoes Carry” by Serena Agusto-Cox - “The poems and memories contained in Echoes Carry encompass generations, however this is no simple nostalgic revery.” Details Serena Agusto-Cox

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I'm partnering with Scholastic to give $200k to teachers ($200 to 1,000 teachers)! The link to enter is here: bit.ly/4sVnXK0 . The website for entries will close the last day of Teacher Appreciation Week: 5/8/26. What are you waiting for? Go enter!

Now accepting full-length manuscripts! DC, Maryland, and Virginia writers, submit your work to your Washington Writers' Publishing House. More information/guidelines/FAQS on our website washingtonwriters.org #writing #writincommunity #poetry #poetrycommunity #memoirs #essays

Now accepting full-length manuscripts! DC, Maryland, and Virginia writers, submit your work to your Washington Writers' Publishing House. More information/guidelines/FAQS on our website washingtonwriters.org #amwriting #amquerying #writingcommunity #literarycommunity #publish

DON’T LET THIS STORY DIE. A sitting congressman, Ted Lieu, said on the record the Epstein files are being blocked because they show Trump raped and threatened to kill children. This is a national emergency.

#NationalPoetryMonth - Now Is the Perfect Time to Memorize a Poem thecut.com/2020/04/now-is… via @thecut

I'm giving gifts to teachers this year. Are you? THANK YOU, TEACHERS out now. Get yours here: bit.ly/4cev8qO

#NationalPoetryMonth - #kidlit #picturebooks #bookreview #STEM - “Nature’s Remarkable Partners: Wild Poems for Two Voices” by Leslie Bulion via Peachtree Publishing Company - rhapsodyinbooks.wordpress.com/?p=1861

US Senator Bernie Sanders drops a massive reality check on the Senate floor. He confirms that a massive majority of Americans, across all parties, are demanding an immediate end to funding Benjamin Netanyahu's illegal and horrific expansionist wars. The public is furious.

If you paid $1 in federal income taxes this year, you paid more than: Walt Disney Citigroup CVS Kohl's Ticketmaster Tesla United Airlines GoDaddy Paypal Palantir Roku HP 3M PG&E Halliburton That’s absurd. We need real and progressive tax reform.

If you paid even one penny in federal income taxes on your income last year, then you paid more than Tesla. Here's why.

And more literary journals are disappearing

Interview w/ poet Serena Agusto-Cox: <I think Billy Collins once said, “Write the poem only you can write.” That’s probably the best advice you can have with regard to poetry.> Serena Agusto-Cox south85journal.com/2026/04/interv…

According to a recent poll, 77% of voters support raising taxes on billionaires. Maybe, just maybe, at a time of unprecedented income and wealth inequality, it’s time for Congress to listen to the American people and pass a wealth tax on billionaires.

#NationalPoetryMonth - Why Send a Poem Into Space? | Insights blogs.loc.gov/kluge/2023/11/…