Eric Stephenson is the publisher and editor-in-chief of US Represented. He is also a contributing writer.
US Represented is an e-magazine dedicated to free speech and creative expression. We showcase writers, artists, and musicians of all ages, creeds, and backgrounds in order to reflect the communities in which we live while also addressing a broader audience.
We regularly feature a host of nonfiction works, including political, historical, and scientific analysis, travel and nature writing, and human interest pieces, to include memoirs and personal essays.
US Represented’s writers share thought-provoking short stories, serialized novels, and poetry. We address environmental and sustainability issues, and we cover the music scene as well, interviewing band members and showcasing their talents to a worldwide audience. We feature visual artists, too, working with each of them to create a USR hosted gallery linked to the artists’ websites.
We plan to keep growing so we can represent as many people as possible. We want to engage more readers and allow gifted artists to share their work. Our readership already reaches across the world, and we’re always seeking new talent and challenging those who work with us to expand their creativity.
A few critics have faulted the Netflix drama House of Cards for inaccurately portraying certain aspects of the American political process. This is like complaining that Shakespeare’s Richard III doesn’t sufficiently resemble his historical model. One of Art’s functions is to express truth in ways that more literal mediums can’t. In fact, Art often predicts […]
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The Millennials’ love affair with Bernie Sanders makes sense for a few overt reasons. First, most college students now face crushing debt the moment they take a degree. The average 2015 graduate will enter the work force $35,000 in debt. Moreover, once students do graduate, there’s no guarantee they’ll find reasonably lucrative entry level jobs of
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Based on Donald Trump’s Super Tuesday dominance, it seems likely that the remainder of the GOP nomination process won’t be a battle between Trump and either Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio, it will be a war between Trump and the Washington, D.C. / Wall Street establishment that will attempt to bring Trump down in any
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Since 2001, the New England Patriots have played in six Super Bowls and won four. They’re back in the AFC Championship Game for the fifth season in a row and tenth time in the past 15 years. If they beat the Denver Broncos on Sunday, they’ll be making their second straight trip to the Super Bowl and seventh in
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