The words of these Black poets cut to the core of the human experience and the realities of being Black in America ...

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And though Trump refrained from inviting a poet to speak at his first inauguration, in 2017, poets across America read protest poetry, organising evenings of resistance. Carol Ann Duffy ...

People say they don't want to be sad, but their online habits disagree. Content that channels sorrow for views has become a ubiquitous part of online culture. Why does it work? Whether you're a ...

Kamala Harris told her friends she felt sad as Joe Biden said he could have won the election. But despite all this, Kamala Harris never spoke against Joe Biden and did not blame him for the ...

On Friday, Trump announced that his inauguration will be moved indoors due to dangerously cold temperatures projected for Washington, D.C. Here’s what we know about what Trump’s sad indoors ...

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Kamala Harris has told friends that she is deeply sad about President Joe Biden’s claim that he could have won the 2024 election. Biden said in an interview at the start of January that he thought he ...

Our columnist approves. By Elisa Gabbert Elisa Gabbert’s collections of poetry and essays include, most recently, “Normal Distance” and “Any Person Is the Only Self.” Her On Poetry ...

“I was sad. Of course the president is entitled, and he should give a farewell speech. There is no question about that. But different times invade us all, and when you see the times that we live ...