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South Africa's Brave New World

by Peyton Moss

As a white student amid the 1960s surge of anti-colonial liberation movements, R.W. Johnson turned to the African National Congress’s (ANC) blend of black nationalist and Marxist ideas. His activism brought him into early contact with... Read More

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How to Ruin Your Life

by Alicia Sondhi

In just one afternoon, nine-year-old Penelope Jane Parker, better known as PJ, may have ruined her life. While practicing for the big fourth-grade track meet, PJ, who has always been the best runner in the grade, decides to encourage her... Read More

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A Good Long Way

by Alicia Sondhi

After coming in past curfew yet again, Beto’s usual argument with his father takes a violent turn. He has been threatening to run away for weeks, and now Beto takes off into the night, deserting his parents and his younger brother... Read More

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Yesterday's Tomorrows

by Bill Baker

Unless one is a graphic art professional or a commercial art junkie, it’s unlikely that the name “Rian Hughes” would mean anything to the average reader. But even a glancing invocation of his moniker in the company of his fellow... Read More

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Safe Area Gorazde

by Bill Baker

It’s long been an accepted truth that conflict is the engine that powers all of our dramas, real or imagined. So it should come as little surprise that war comics have historically been one of that medium’s most enduring genres.... Read More

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Moonrise

by Bobbye Middendorf

Like an inspirational daybook and resource for social and environmental change visionaries, "Moonrise" shines beams of hope on efforts to bring inner feminine qualities into conscious leadership—and illuminates what the result can look... Read More

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Scoreboard, Baby

by Penny Hastings

A winning sports season is marred by the illegal, sometimes violent, behavior of two dozen players on the University of Washington’s 2000 football team, resulting in their arrest and/or prosecution. A drug-related shooting, domestic... Read More

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The Right to Be Out

by Elizabeth Millard

During the forty-some years during which LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender) rights have been the topic of public debate, Americans have grown more accepting and supportive of LGBT people and relationships. Yearly Gallup... Read More

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