Tag: trump
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Fourth of July
An old charter sat on its pedestal, edges worn from years of hands that claimed to honour it. Lately, a few visitors have begun lifting pieces from it; small ones, easy to pocket, easy to pretend were never there. The pedestal still stands. The room still applauds. But anyone looking closely can see what’s missing,…
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Dyslexia, Stigma, and the Things We Call Disqualifying
Some days the news feels like someone shaking a snow globe just to watch the flakes fall wrong. A man with a microphone says that dyslexia should disqualify someone from being president, and suddenly the air is full of old dust again, the kind that settles in children’s lungs before they even know the word…