It’s time to admit this isn’t working, and there’s only one question: which do we value more, human life or unregulated gun ownership? — It’s been 10 days since an 18–year-old boy walked in to Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas and massacred two teachers and 19 fourth-graders. Last night, I sat down and wrote out the names of each of the students, and their two teachers, letting my pen glide across the paper…

Our children are literally begging us to save their lives. When will it be enough? — It has been 2,652 days since I wrote this article. It has been 1,023 days since I wrote this article. It has been 922 days since I wrote this article. STOP I can’t write this article again. How can I write anything when I’m disjointed, the edges of my brain pressing against…

Johnny Depp is gaslighting us all; and when you blame his victim, you’re blaming me. — I haven’t been paying attention to the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial because… I don’ t know. It was just one more thing that seemed terrible in a news cycle full of terrible things. …

Every flood begins with a rivulet, every breakdown begins with a single tear. — Projector glow illuminates the aisleways, soft, fresh air works through doorway curtains to evaporate trails of tears. Exhale, it’s not enough, inhale, my chest fills and tightens, pulling inward, pulling me inward until the inevitable push. Blink, wet, slow, I can do this- can I do this? Sticky lashes, crumpled napkins…

What it’s like to be a woman in America watching Roe v. Wade hang in the balance — They say hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, and if you’ve ever wanted a prime example of that, look no further. Yes, I know people like to center this adage around men, just like everything else. A woman scorned meaning a woman rejected. But do you know what…

As we recovered from Covid, I rediscovered my joy. — I was having brunch with my girlfriend, dishing about boys, coffee, and upcoming projects when she paused. “Having COVID really changed you!” She’s not wrong. Two years is a long time to be shrouded in the dark unknown. Talking to a coworker last week, I had a sudden realization. In…

пити в деталях: вірш для народу україни — I remember a time when the only dead body I’d seen was my parents’ friend Kurt. I was in fourth grade when he died, he watched Pee-Wee’s Playhouse with us, it was an open casket. You don’t have to look, but I did it anyway. Tetiana Perebyinis was two years…

You’re not being discriminated against, you’re just being asked to lie in the bed you made — In Bellingham, Washington, we have one hospital. PeaceHealth St. Joseph Medical Center is the only hospital, and the only ER, within a 35 minute drive of downtown. PeaceHealth also runs over a dozen other medical facilities in my town, including a Cancer Care center, clinics, OBGYN and more. At the…

The euphoric return to family after the separation of a global crisis — Lines cut through the dust on my rear window, my 11-year-old son’s love carved through 890 miles of dust collected in wide open spaces and mountain passes. The fine, glowing, buff silt clings to every surface as the particles of missing them settle on my heart. Four long days are…