American culture coalesced in the cacophony of nationalism, capitalism, militarism, and colonization that exploded out of Western Europe in the 1500s. These systems formed in synchrony, each reinforcing the other. Nationalism structured the backbone of each new country’s self-identity, capitalism fashioned its internal economic relations, militarism characterized its interactions with other European nations, and colonization…
Shame
Our friends fled the home where they spent most of their lives because they no longer felt safe. Flying in the middle of the night to avoid detection so that they wouldn’t be detained. As they saw others in their same situation arrested, separated from their families, sent to concentration camps here and abroad –…
