Resistance

Opinion & Commentary

Illustration of woman and waves of energy

Resistance

Resistance to the Trump administration is bubbling up, from U.S. attorneys resisting Justice Department orders to Vermont schools holding firm on sanctuary status and transgender rights. What are you seeing? What are you thinking? 

[Art credit: "Waves of Energy" by Eloise Silver Van Meter, YWP Archive]

Submissions

  • Magnets

    When magnets are placed the right way

    They connect

    When they're placed the wrong way

    They use everything in their power to stay away

    From each other

    They resist

    With a force

  • we are the future.

    in the halls, we lean against the bulletin boards

    and whisper of the latest news, last night's breaking, articles snagged

    in the moments before leaving for school. lots of adults

    think we are too young to understand