Reflections on Hanukkah

Posted on December 16, 2025 By

by Rachel MacNair For several years now, during the eight days of Hanukkah, I have a hanukkiah (like a menorah, only eight branches instead of six because it’s eight days). I do the ceremony of lighting one candle the first night, two the second night, and so on. I’m a Christian rather than a Jew,…


PITS and Operation Southern Spear

Posted on December 9, 2025 By

by Christy Yao Pellicioni As I was sitting down to write on this very subject, I got an alert on my phone from CNN saying four more people were killed by the US striking vessels allegedly carrying drugs. I went to open the news outlet’s main website on my computer, and that news story did…


Political Passing in Washington, DC

Posted on December 2, 2025 By

by Rosalyn Mitchell   What does it mean to pass politically in Washington, DC? To walk through the historical suburbs and think, “Wow, the lights hit in a certain way, the fall leaves against the colonial red brick. How serene.” To me, it felt surreal. Is this America, detached from the strain of data, the…