Erin Passons

Complacent eligible voters who abstained from voting because __ don__ like either candidate__ provided a deadly assist. You are the collective of assassins responsible for slaughtering the America of hope and progress.Afro Bo Peep

I voted for every woman who has to leave a baby too soon, who has to downgrade her career, or who is made to feel invisible in her role as a mother.

Just after midnight, I text my parents who live in Florida: Please tell me you didn__ help elect him.No reply.The next morning, New York City wakes up with a wet, gray yawn. The air is thick with mist. The city moves at a slower, muffled pace. New Yorkers rarely make eye contact; today isn__ much different, except when eyes meet, they lock for a moment in shared grief. Everyone__ shoulders bend forward, the world weighing heavier on them than it did yesterday.The sidewalks and the coffee shops are quiet. Even the subway paces through its underground veins in somber silence. My husband tells me: __he city hasn__ been this quiet since 9/11.___elissa Lirtsman

America- often called the land of milk and honey- tends to be sweeter, more generous to those who don't rock the boat. Sarah Mullen

I crunch the assigned reading in my shaking hand, an article titled __an Quayle was right._ It argued that children raised by single moms were destined for failure. Joined by my fellow students, we argue that our lives are not limited by our absent fathers. The teacher laughs awkwardly and backs away from our arguments. __or God__ sake, don__ take it personally._ The cardinal sin of women and oppressed people everywhere: taking their lives personally.- S.A. Williams

I__e heard so many people, particularly people of faith, say they could look past his wrongdoings. When they__e pressed further, the reply is always some variation of __e doesn__ mean what he says,_ __t__ just to get a rise out of people,_ or __t__ all for show._ When you turn a blind eye and a deaf ear and say nothing, you are in fact saying everything. You are telling others you approve of immorality and injustice. You are telling them you support the marginalization and vilification of those who are different from you. You are telling them that fear reigns supreme and that you will tolerate nefarious behavior. As President John F. Kennedy said in a speech: __he hottest places in hell are reserved for those who, in times of great moral crises, maintain their neutrality._- Amy Erickson