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Articles by Julie Coppens

‘There is power in the word’: The Poet X

April 1, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

Unhide-able, unheard—until, through the power of her poetry, unleashed. Meet Xiomara Batista, heroine of our April selection, The Poet X, Elizabeth Acevedo’s debut novel-in-verse. With […]

Young female of Asian descent wearing face mask looks out window with arm across forehead; black and white image

Anti-Asian Violence: Facing the Ugly History of Our Beautiful Kingdom

March 20, 2021 Julie Coppens 1

By Michelle Miao, Talawanda High School America, 美国, means “beautiful kingdom” in Chinese, but it’s been increasingly difficult to see much beauty in the country […]

Beauty Slays in ‘The Belles’

March 4, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

What if you alone had the power to transform, to heal, to beautify… or to destroy? Our March selection is The Belles, a dazzling dystopian […]

Fluke Skywalker: A Force for Good

March 1, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

“The galaxy is experiencing a time of great hardship. Both Illness and plight run rampant across the terrestrial planet of EARTH. In an attempt to […]

Hidden Poisons: A Report on the Environmental Justice Advocacy Symposium

February 8, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

Report with commentary by Jordan Polk, Democracy & Me intern Unless we are talking about Britney Spears’s smash hit from 2003, when we say “toxic,” […]

‘The Oppression I Am Facing’: Seeing Ourselves in Uganda’s Election Crisis

January 26, 2021 Julie Coppens 1

Commentary by Enock Sadiki, Democracy & Me Intern Tell me if you have heard this before: A country is experiencing a crisis in governance. This […]

A New Team Takes Over

January 20, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

This week the United States of America begins a new chapter, with a new leadership team—and the same goes here at Democracy & Me. Congratulations […]

February 2021 selection: Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe

January 19, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

Thanks to everyone who hopped on Zoom Jan. 18 to talk about Stamped: Racism, Anti-Racism, and You, by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi, with […]

Student reflections on #MLKDay2021

January 15, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

This year’s Martin Luther King Jr. Day will be… different. For all kinds of reasons. Here’s a roundup of Cincinnati-area observations set for this Monday, […]

For One First-Gen American, an Uneasy Twilight Between Hope and Fear

January 7, 2021 Julie Coppens 0

Commentary by Harnoor Mann, University of Cincinnati student contributor to D&M I went to bed at 3 a.m. EST on January 6th, emboldened to sleep […]

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