The American Idol of Freedom

A man stands below the steps of a building with a protest sign saying 'every business is essential'.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a lot of talk about freedom in the United States. This was especially true when protesters called for the government to lift shelter-at-home orders. In one thread about this …

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Republicans Can’t be Christian

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I am going to say something controversial, “Republicans can’t be Christians.” To the vast majority of Christians, I just said something unthinkable, especially if one is of the evangelical stripe of Christianity. I can feel …

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Never Too Old to Be Too Young

Age really wasn’t the issue. It was just a way of dismissing me. I was too young only because in interfered with their itch being scratched.

Am I Hispanic/ Latino/ Chicano?

Rondall Reynoso is shown in an Eucalyptus grove, leaning on a deadfall, on the property on which he was raised.

Am I Hispanic? It seems like such a simple question. But ethnic identity can be complicated these days. I’m 6’5″ with grey eyes and light skin. My mother was from the Appalachian hills in east …

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