While the debate over trans kids' bathroom rights rages, Benjamin Lloyd watches his son blossom through the magic of his school's theater program.

Erlina Ortiz was awarded an Amtrak Writer's Residency and chose to take the Zephyr line from Chicago to San Francisco just a few days after the presidential inauguration. She found a few surprises in Trump's United States.

When Anndee Hochman found herself looking for inspiration, she turned to poetry and plays. It worked.

When Alaina Mabaso went to Philadelphia International Airport to protest the Trump administration's "Muslim ban," she found both kinship and community.

NPR has decided its correspondents should not to refer to President Donald Trump's lies as "lies." Rick Soisson sees a problem with that decision.

Roz Warren doesn't mind breaking the law, as long as it's for a good cause. She has determined that stopping cellphone abusers is definitely a good cause.

Melody Wong explains everything you've ever wanted to know about the Chinese New Year Lion Dance. (First things first: It's not a dragon).

Would the Philadelphia arm of Writers Resist teach us how to throw verbal Molotov cocktails or create a Twitter feed that would cause Trump to self-implode? Stacia Friedman considers.

Darnelle Radford interviews Writers Resist Philadelphia coordinator Stephanie Feldman. They discuss this weekend's rally at the National Museum of American Jewish History and what writers can do to defend freedom of speech in the coming years.

When Alaina Mabaso saw a Philadelphia neo-Nazi, she decided to go beyond calling congressional offices and grieving on social media to meet the folks in Philly intent on “smashing fascism” — any way they can.