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Nader Rahimi
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Nader Rahimi is a scientist, poet, translator, professor, and political activist. He is the author of Songs of Being and translator of The Scarlet Stone and Other Poems by the celebrated Persian poet Siavash Kasrai. His third collection of poetry, Water Lily Kingdom, is the winner of Moonstone Press’s 2025 Chapbook Contest. His other writings and translations appear in numerous anthologies from Moonstone Press anthologies and in Parsagon: The Persian Literature Review.
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The Midterm Elections: A Message to Both Parties, Not Just Republicans
The results of the midterm elections were unmistakable: Republicans lost ground, and Democrats made significant gains. But it would be a mistake to interpret these results simply as a Democratic victory. The election sent a message in two directions. First, Republicans received a clear warning…
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The Missing Youth Revolt: Why Are Young Americans Not Taking to the Streets?
All over Europe, the young are in revolt. Student protests in France have attracted much of the attention, not least because of the violence into which some demonstrations descended, with rioting, looting and the burning of public buildings. But the unrest is not confined to France. Young people…
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The Measure of Democracy
Elections do not mean democracy.A ballot can count every voteand still leave the people unheard.We are invited to choose the handsthat will hold the levers,but not who built the machine,who owns it,who profits from its workings,or who decides where it takes us.We choose the hands.Others set the…
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Iraq: 23 Years Later, Still Not Sovereign
In 2003, George W. Bush’s administration invaded Iraq and overthrew Saddam Hussein on the pretext that his regime possessed and was developing weapons of mass destruction that posed a grave threat to the United States and the world. Those weapons were never found. As the war dragged on, the…