Four years ago, on October 27, eleven people were murdered in the sacred space of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. We remember them with sorrow, honor, and a renewed commitment to confront hate, bigotry, and racism. Here are two poems written in response to the massacre. October Twenty-SevenReflection on Tree of Life […]

By Patricia Thrushart, Cofounder, Poets Against Racism USA “You can take my body You can take my bones Take my blood but Not my soul …” —Rhiannon Giddens, “At the Purchaser’s Option” Singer, songwriter, and instrumentalist Rhiannon Giddens wrote these lyrics after reading an advertisement that had been placed in a Kingston, New York, newspaper

By Tabassam Shah, Member, Poets Against Racism USA Recently, school districts across the country have begun banning books on subjects such as religion, sexuality, gender equality, LGBTQ identity, police brutality, and racism. According to a PEN America report, 1,145 books were banned by school districts in the United States between July 1, 2021, and March