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Local musican, poet and activist Joan Baez sings for an enthusiastic audience at the “We the People” Democracy Fair at Rinconada Park in Palo Alto on June 14, 2025. Photo by Anna Hoch-Kenney.

Can I please beg of you to please trade me for some hostage around the world, so that I am useful and do not spend a life in ...