Here’s Something That All Americans Could Do To Make Their Lives Better That So Many Ignore

I had so many friends chose NOT to vote last election, and I couldn’t even explain to them how upset it made me. Poet Carlos Andrés Gómez just gave me the language I needed. If you agree with him at the end of it, share it everywhere. Seriously.

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Sep 27, 2013

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