State of Emergency, January 2003

Walter Benjamin, Illuminations: Essays and ReflectionsEdited by Hannah ArendtSchocken Books, 1988 The tradition of the oppressed teaches us that “the state of emergency” in which we live is not the exception but the rule. We…

“Reds and Yellows” by Parvuna Sulaiman

Jennifer Lowe invited me to be on the collective of readers to decide the winner of SLU’s Library Associates Undergraduate Writing Award this spring. I encourage you to read “Reds and Yellows,” the creative nonfiction…

Boeing’s Dr. King, Our Dr. King

You remember your Dr. King We remember ours You believe that in these times Dr. King would like diversity and inclusion You cite his “content of their character” “rather than the color of their skin”…