the risk of friendship …

Mija

/ Lupe Méndez / Letters & Essays
today I found out that I am fat enough to worry about diabetes and my heart walks out a bit today I watch the belly of my wife on a monitor

The White Men Who Haunt Me: On Gender, Race, & Being Watched

/ Corinne Schneider / Letters & Essays
White men – mostly locals, but some tourists – rev their trucks and spill out their windows, leering at us, mostly at me, the white, extremely femme, blonde girl. The nice lake-goers are annoyed with this display but say nothing.

Review: Registration Caspar

Choosing Sides

/ Salimah Perkins / Letters & Essays
For me, there’s a kinship that is inextricably linked with race that produces a resilient loyalty. It’s not blind or without complication, but it is overarching.

Jeremiad against this Executive Order

/ Ed Simon / Letters & Essays, Misc
When we have failed at our charge and in the words of John Winthrop we’ve been “made a story and by word through the world?” Then we recommit ourselves.

ACA First-Person: Rahne Alexander

/ Rahne Alexander / Letters & Essays
The ACA, in combination with policy changes by my insurer, has rejuvenated me; it has provided me a great deal of hope for the future. I am so grateful for this hopeful spark; it’s been this thing more than any other that has kept me from falling into complete despair these last weeks.