<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Politics – Nicolette Toussaint Arts</title> <atom:link href="https://nicolettearts.com/category/politics/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://nicolettearts.com</link> <description></description> <lastBuildDate>Thu, 05 Aug 2021 22:41:29 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2</generator> <image> <url>https://i0.wp.com/nicolettearts.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/cropped-Cone2.jpg?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1</url> <title>Politics – Nicolette Toussaint Arts</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com</link> <width>32</width> <height>32</height> </image> <site xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">121996235</site> <item> <title>Daughter of America: Secrets in the Blood</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/daughter-of-america-secrets-in-the-blood/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 07 Jul 2021 19:02:51 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Immigration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Personal Reflections]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[racial justice]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Unitarian Universalism]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=2280</guid> <description><![CDATA[NOTE: This essay was a Sunday worship service presented July 4, 2021 to the Two Rivers Unitarian Universalist congregation in Carbondale, Colorado. To preserve the overall effect, I have left […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">2280</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Bursting the White Bubble, Raising the White Shield</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/bursting-the-white-bubble-raising-the-white-shield/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2020 14:57:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Economic inequality]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[racial justice]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=2029</guid> <description><![CDATA[About a week ago, a local lady, Marlene, asked online: “If I may, I have a question for anyone with a workable answer? Those Black people who have attained some […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">2029</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Right to Life and the Republican Cult of Death</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/right-to-life-and-the-republican-cult-of-death/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2019 18:41:48 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Floods & Ocean Rise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildfires]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=1904</guid> <description><![CDATA[I am fervently pro-life. There’s something miraculous about the moment a heart begins to beat, whether it’s a hummingbird’s fluttering at 1,260 beats a minute or a human infant’s, pulsing […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1904</post-id> </item> <item> <title>When ‘the Blood Tide is Loosed’ and the Center Cannot Hold</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/when-the-blood-tide-is-loosed-and-the-center-cannot-hold/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2018 22:13:24 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Civil Engagement & Democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Human Rights]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Stalking]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=1349</guid> <description><![CDATA[Hate is in fashion, and I’m struggling to understand why anyone would murder elderly Jews or African-Americans, total strangers, in their places of worship? More than 80 percent of Americans […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1349</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Debunking Trump’s Mean and Mindless Jab at our Forest Service Firefighters</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/debunking-trumps-mean-and-mindless-jab-at-our-forest-service-firefighters/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Mon, 19 Nov 2018 17:17:38 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Lands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildfires]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=1242</guid> <description><![CDATA[This morning, I’m flaming over the president’s callous, clueless, cruel tweet: “There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest management is […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1242</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Dark Days for Democracy, Dangerous Days for Journalism</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/dark-days-for-democracy-dangerous-days-for-journalism/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 22 Sep 2018 22:23:13 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Civil Engagement & Democracy]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Journalism & Freedom of the Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=1034</guid> <description><![CDATA[Asked to choose “whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government,” Thomas Jefferson stated, “I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Today, […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">1034</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Gimme Shelter from Fires, Drought, Floods and Hurricanes</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/850-2/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2018 22:41:11 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Floods & Ocean Rise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Lands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science & Technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildfires]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=850</guid> <description><![CDATA[Returning from a recent trip, my friend Jae, who watched the Lake Christine Fire from her deck, was dismayed to find our valley filled with smoke — again! It prompted […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">850</post-id> </item> <item> <title>Fire in Our Back Yards and Our Children’s Future</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/fire-in-our-back-yards-and-our-childrens-future/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2018 00:44:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Floods & Ocean Rise]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Public Lands]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Science & Technology]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Western Colorado]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Wildfires]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=807</guid> <description><![CDATA[I’m doing a slow burn. The Lake Christine Fire — which [as of this writing] has again flared up and prompted evacuation notices — strikes me as an apt metaphor […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">807</post-id> </item> <item> <title>A Bigly Blast of Buzzwords</title> <link>https://nicolettearts.com/a-bigly-blast-of-buzzwords/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[adminNicoletteArts]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Sat, 09 Jun 2018 19:28:47 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Journalism & Freedom of the Press]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Trump administration]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://nicolettearts.com/?p=788</guid> <description><![CDATA[In this column, I will be unpacking my thoughts on language and offering a few learnings predicated on a lifetime of work in the publishing vertical. For decades, we Americans […]]]></description> <post-id xmlns="com-wordpress:feed-additions:1">788</post-id> </item> </channel> </rss>