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» Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem.

admin January 8, 2026 0 Comments

Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] shot and killed a woman in south Minneapolis during a morning confrontation between community members and federal officers […] Several residents […]

Beloved poet Nikki Giovanni has died at 81. ‹

admin December 11, 2024 0 Comments

December 10, 2024, 2:16pm The national treasure Nikki Giovanni died yesterday from complications connected to lung cancer. She was 81. A decorated writer of poems, nonfiction, and children’s books, Giovanni was also a star of the Black Arts Movement. She was a devoted activist, performer, parent, professor, and public thinker, and leaves behind a wake […]