Picture Credit & Poem by Kari A. Flickinger In the Morning, We Make a Plant-Based Protein Smoothie with Every Magnesium We Need [Vitamin A, D, …
Speak as the Tree | Submissions Open
Trees witness our lives. This section is for work which speaks from a tree that lived through an era, witnessed a specific moment in history, …
BREAKING NEWS! From trees to streets
Bulletproof-vested men carry canes they use to smash into others in t-shirts & hands up in the so-called largest democracy where people are made …
The Nobodies and The Photography of G.M.B. Akash
“The nobodies: nobody’s children, owners of nothing. The nobodies: the no ones, the nobodied, running like rabbits, dying through life, screwed every which way. Who …
BREAKING NEWS! The Royal Middle Finger
Thank you, Royal Prince Charles the Brave for the posture of your middle one held high, in the receiving line. Thank you, Margaret the Rebel, …
Weekly Feature | Mother Earth by Rachael Ikins
“Mother Earth was inspired by a painting a friend gifted me. I met the actual artist at a gallery event years later. Global warming and human impact on the planet are a constant ache in the back of my mind.”
Lock Him Up| Elections Correspondent
image: Traditionally a role taken by the President, Spanish-American chef and philanthropist Jose Andres throws the ceremonial first pitch of the World Series. Jose brings his passion for the “power of food” to World Central Kitchen, an action-based non-profit organization investing in smart solutions to hunger and poverty.
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Thicker Than Blood | A CNF Editorial
Inspiration from this week’s news. This piece is dedicated to those lost in, and those left to heal from, the Armenian Genocide.
Weekly Feature | When will we START?, by Infinity
Photo by MohammadHosein Mohebbi on Unsplash by Infinity Tears fill my eyes as I speak for you Mother Nature! What have we come to You care for us …
Weekly Feature | Divided By Zero, a poem by Jamie Graham
by Jamie Graham Two divided by zero. Political vitriol, hollered to fracture growing bones in homes, in towns, in countries, compounding unrest. Bandage your …
Weekly Feature | HE WAS GOYA: Andrei Voznesenski in Minneapolis
Author’s note & inspiration: Pasternak was the mentor to my guy, Andrei Voznesenski. “5 Russian writers who won the Nobel Prize,” by Alexandra Guzeva, Russia Beyond, October 11, 2019.












