Demos

Amanda Gorman, voice of America

The world listened to America's inauguration speeches and wondered, silently, will the words about unity mean anything? Will American exceptionalism continue? And then Amanda Gorman blazed onto the stage.

By deborahjonescanada, 5 years ago January 20, 2021

Demos

Hope is 1.5 billion things with feathers

American poet Emily Dickinson once wrote that "hope is the thing with feathers." The survival of some 1.5 "things with feathers" gives cause for hope.

By deborahjonescanada, 5 years ago December 8, 2020