Jan 20, 2021Member-onlyWhen Herd Immunity Meets Thinning the HerdWhat it feels like to know you’re among the designated “collateral damage” in the reckless rush for herd immunity I live in a Pennsylvania city that was at one point a COVID hotspot. For a while, we seemed to have brought the numbers down, due in part to statewide comprehensive…Covid 196 min read
Mar 15, 2020Member-onlyChild Poverty Has Been Ignored at the Debates for Two DecadesThis critical topic has only been addressed a single time in the past 20 years. Like many other Americans, I have been closely watching the Democratic presidential debates. I’m interested in everything the candidates have to say, but I was especially alert for one subject in particular. I watched and…Poverty4 min read
Published in Human Parts·Aug 13, 2019Member-onlyYou Don’t Have to Forgive an Abusive Parent on Their DeathbedTelling me to forgive my father means erasing the years of abuse I suffered at his hands — My father was a bad person. There are plenty of ways to sugarcoat it, or use lots of needless words to make it sound a little less harsh. But that would mean burying the truth under a bunch of excuses and cover stories — and people like me, who have…Abuse5 min read