Speaking Up, Finally by Susan Barry-Schulz I am by no means an expert on racial justice issues. I grew up in a mostly white town and moved to another mostly white town in the Hudson Valley region of New York State with my husband and […]
It Took One Week by Ramon Jimenez It only took a week for peopleto come out of quarantine into the streets of Seattlemustering the will to face baton beatingsand gas blasting through the nighttime sky. Police officers armed to the teethwith military grade artillery,and a […]
Crying for Water City by Amy Stonestrom A strong gust of wind rattles the windows and shakes the house with such force that I wonder if I need to gather my chicks and hurry to the basement. Then nothing. All is calm. Minutes later I […]
Social Justice Today by Aprell May Breonna Taylor. Delano Walker Jr. Dominic May. Mark Scalise. Lenny Brown. Benjamin Schoolfield. Sandra Bland. Rodney King. Melvin Jones. George Floyd. Ramona Africa. John Africa. Emmett Till. Colin Kaepernick. Darryl Moss. Philando Castile. Atatiana Koquice Jefferson. Kendrick Johnson. Ahmaud […]
Here, in micro-flash nonfiction, writers make quick work of compelling stories. Leading up to Multiplicity‘s second themed issue, we present five short takes on work and working. If you enjoy these bite-sized stories, check back for the feast of essays, profiles and poems in “Work,” […]
By Suzanne Strempek Shea I left home for college with the normal amount of angst about meeting new people. I needn’t have wasted time fretting—I quickly found out I had an easy icebreaker. “You’re from where?” strangers would ask. “Palmer, Massachusetts.” They’d nod blankly, as […]
By Kara Lynn Puskey-Noble When life gets stressful, I go to the barn and clean stalls. Forking up manure, pushing around a loaded wheelbarrow, sweeping—caring for my livestock settles my mind and clears my head. Between the pandemic and the election, I’ve needed to spend […]
By Robert Surbrug I’ve been a passionate advocate of voting for most of my life. I’ve thrown myself into voter registration drives and taught the history of voting-rights struggles. That’s partly because I’m an historian and partly because I grew up on Schoolhouse Rock. But […]
By Liza Sofia I roll down my window on the carriageway to get a better look at the sky. It’s a good thing I’m not driving because I can’t keep my eyes from drifting up to the ethereal clouds above us. I point out a […]
By Karol Jackowski In the sisterhood, we were taught to think about work as obedience. We went where we were sent and did what we were told, believing that the will of God was wrapped in the decisions of the Superior. A group of 19-year-olds […]