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Essays about culture, reality and wild red foxes in Winston-Salem, NC, and thereabouts. AI-free since 2023.

I’m terrified by America’s fascism trend and disgusted that my party is now a Trump cult. My time inside the system and in the probe of the January 6 attack has left me with just an ember of hope. Making it grow requires the hard truth. Can we handle it?

New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Powers offers fresh thinking about how we can make big changes in our lives, communities and country.