Category Archives: Politics
Today Is My Book’s Birthday
Today is the official birthday of my second novel, Murder Under the Fig Tree. I hope those of you who enjoyed Murder Under the Bridge will read it and share your thoughts with me. It picks up a few months … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Palestine, Politics, Writing
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American Swagger: Have We Earned It?
So I was watching tennis recently on TV (when I should have been making edits on my novel). Mary Carillo and Lindsay Davenport were calling a match between Angelique Kerber, the German player who is currently #1 in the world … Continue reading
Why do so many activists commit suicide?
Princeton professor Eddie S. Glaude, Jr.’s book, Democracy In Black, begins with a meeting he had with three cofounders of Millennial Activists United, one of the youth groups that kicked off the uprising in Ferguson, which in turn catalyzed the … Continue reading
Posted in activism, Black Lives Matter, Books, Politics
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The Enemy Is Us
Shortly after 9/11, I got a call from the FBI , wanting to talk to me about the incident because of my involvement in the international women’s peace movement Women In Black. I told reporters then that if the FBI … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Feminism, Politics, Queer
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Kate Jessica Raphael 