‘There is power in the word’: The Poet X
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 […]
Articles by Julie Coppens
Anti-Asian Violence: Facing the Ugly History of Our Beautiful Kingdom
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’
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]