Old-Age Poverty

Interstate 35 is a six-lane scar that runs through the middle of Austin. To the south, the highway runs all the way down to the Mexican border. To the North, it zig-zags up to Minneapolis, where, on May 25th, Derek Chauvin, a white police officer, handcuffed and asphyxiated a black…

People around the world have spent their idle weeks in lockdown baking sourdough bread, learning to knit, or just zoning out with television and video games. But for 35-year-old Aldar, who requested his last name not be used or his face shown in this article, that was not enough. About…

These days, teaching graduating college seniors has me, as the Brits would say in the London Underground, "minding the gap." In my case, however, it's not the gap between the platform and the train I'm thinking of, but a couple of others: those between U.S. citizens and our government, as…

These days, teaching graduating college seniors has me, as the Brits would say in the London Underground, “minding the gap.” In my case, however, it’s not the gap between the platform and the train I’m thinking of, but a couple of others: those between U.S. citizens and our government, as…

Minneapolis, Denver, NYC, Oakland, Atlanta, Washington D.C., Louisville, San Jose, Des Moines, Detroit, and the list goes on. These are just some of the cities that have experienced protests in the past week and George Floyd’s murder and murder porn video was one of the catalysts for these protests. Let’s…

My blood boils when I read comments about the Hennepin County medical examiner’s report that toxicology results from the autopsy of George Floyd found fentanyl and amphetamine. I hear the drumbeat of stigma and prejudice—stigma cast upon all drug users and prejudice against all black men. Mixed together, they demonstrate…

My blood boils when I read comments about the Hennepin County medical examiner’s report that toxicology results from the autopsy of George Floyd found fentanyl and amphetamine. I hear the drumbeat of stigma and prejudice—stigma cast upon all drug users and prejudice against all black men. Mixed together, they demonstrate…

These days, teaching graduating college seniors has me, as the Brits would say in the London Underground, “minding the gap.” In my case, however, it’s not the gap between the platform and the train I’m thinking of, but a couple of others: those between U.S. citizens and our government, as…

The Irish have found themselves in the front line of fighting the coronavirus pandemic around the globe. From the upper echelons of the World Health Organisation and working at the cutting edge of scientific research to develop a vaccine, to devising public health strategies to combat Covid-19 in New Zealand,…

The Irish have found themselves in the front line of fighting the coronavirus pandemic around the globe. From the upper echelons of the World Health Organisation and working at the cutting edge of scientific research to develop a vaccine, to devising public health strategies to combat Covid-19 in New Zealand,…