Category: VOICES

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One Battle Stereotype After Another

  • Post Author By Hugo Loeb
  • Post Date March 18, 2026

A frontrunner film at the 2026 Academy Awards, Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another follows a former left-wing revolutionary trying to rescue his daughter […]

Movie poster for One Battle After Another featuring Leonardo DiCaprio at the center. photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
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Lick Honors Many Things. I Wish America Was One of Them.

  • Post Author By Ruby Kilar
  • Post Date January 12, 2026

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, I walked through Lick-Wilmerding High School’s hallways mulling over the lack of community acknowledgment I’ve noticed every Veterans Day and […]

The American flag being raised at Ground Zero by three first responders on September 11, 2001. photo courtesy of Lori Grinker
VOICES

Wicked Changed Me, For Good

“Because I knew you, I have been changed…For good.” This line from Wicked: For Good is the heartfelt, magical moment that lingers long after the […]

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VOICES

Without Dreamers, There Is No American Dream

Around October 22, 2025, over 100 federal agents from agencies including Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were mobilized to […]

Children at an anti-ICE protest pleading against the separation of families. Photo courtesy of Wikepedia Commons
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“Thoughts and Prayers” Are No Longer Enough

Two months ago in St. Paul, Minnesota, my aunt and uncle sat my ten-year-old cousin Charlotte down to have ‘the talk.’ Not the traditional, and […]

The Minneapolis community gathered at Lynnhurst Park last night for a vigil following the mass shooting at Annunciation School and Church earlier in the morning. 2 children were killed and 17 others injured. The crowd heard from speakers ranging from the Minnesota Attorney General, Minneapolis Mayor and City Council Members, and Congresswomen.