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Right choices just might be baked in
Georgia Peanut Pie recalls politicians of the past, but community of voters looks to the future The first time I ever voted, I was a...
Erin Stephenson
Nov 5, 20248 min read
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Hateful rhetoric is anything but magic
There's room for speech, but no space for 'othering' people or denying their rights. One night, back when my nephews were still kids,...
Erin Stephenson
Apr 7, 20249 min read
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No lie: Democracy, pie worth the work
We are now up to our elbows in politics and pretty pastry. When I was a senior in high school, the city or the county or the feds or the...
Erin Stephenson
Mar 14, 20249 min read
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It's incumbent on us to open eyes & act
We need one courageous parent who will insist we don't look away. In 1955, Emmett Till, a 14-year-old Black boy from Chicago, was...
Erin Stephenson
May 28, 20229 min read
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Never ever forget; and don't look away
Let's not sugarcoat how we've failed those who fought, died for us — let's just do better. My mother’s brothers, my uncles, fought in...
Erin Stephenson
Feb 8, 20228 min read
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Truth lies between the spicy details
The pivotal point of a deep, rich Apple Chai Pie — or a controversial jury verdict — just might be hidden in the secrets of the recipe,...
Erin Stephenson
Nov 22, 20218 min read
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Apples, books: Good for what ails us
Talk of censorship and government-controlled words is nothing new, but we can defy the threat by enjoying the messages in a banned book...
Erin Stephenson
Oct 7, 20219 min read
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We shouldn't have to wait for action
As the list of mass shootings grows ever longer, it's time for the U.S. to make something good from the continual trauma. There can be...
Erin Stephenson
Mar 24, 20218 min read
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