| Aug 21, 2019 | Rights / DemocracyAs another school year starts, I look forward to heading back to the classroom. I love class when I’m teaching it. I hate it when I’m there as a student. I’m getting a PhD at the moment, so it’s not that I don’t love learning. It’s...
| May 1, 2019 | Environment / HealthI’ve spent the past three years in therapy for trauma. I do a type of therapy called Somatic Experiencing that’s highly effective and has turned my entire life around. Thanks to this therapy, I’ve lost weight, I’ve developed healthy sleep habits, and I smile more. I’m...
| Feb 20, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs the sister of a brother lost to an opioid overdose, Trump’s claim that we need a border wall in order to keep drugs out is offensive to me on multiple levels. Fact checkers also report that his claims are not true — a border wall would not keep drugs out of our...
| Feb 6, 2019 | Environment / HealthA few weeks ago, some friends and I planned to meet up for drinks. One person was cagey about what time she was available to hang out that evening, and another said nothing at all — and then didn’t join. Ultimately it turned out the former had an appointment for...
| Jul 23, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe recent images of immigrant children in cages are incredibly painful to digest. Still, many people seem to forget that the U.S. has a long track record of forcibly separating families, whether it was African Americans during slavery, the Japanese during World War...
