Stephen Miller’s Proposal to Limit Citizenship Based on Use of Public Welfare Services Will Kill Disabled, Poor, and Hungry Immigrants
On August 7, 2018, it was revealed that the Trump administration is planning to submit new immigration policy that will bar immigrants from obtaining citizenship if they have ever used public welfare programs such as the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the Affordable Care Act or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. This restriction would not only […]
Why Dieting Failed Me as a Migraineur
In a break between activities, you notice it. This morning, your head was heavy with thoughts and plans, but you now find yourself unable to string together sentences. Your eyes are unable to focus — you keep seeing lines and waves that aren’t really there — and it feels like your brain has been replaced […]
The Far-Right’s Attempts to Silence Journalists are Attempts to Silence the Most Vulnerable – and it’s Nothing New
Image Description: Journalists sitting on the ground in a huddle holding their microphones and cameras, along with protesting signs. Shortly after 2:30 pm on June 28, 2018, journalists working at the Capital Gazette in Annapolis, Maryland were violently interrupted by an armed attacker. Before the gunman was taken into police custody, he gunned down 5 […]
Astral Connection: How Virtual Worlds Gave Me a Place to Belong Outside My Body
Image Description: An avatar in a virtual world shown mixing music, with ranbow shoulder length hair and black angel wings. “The intellectual may feel enslaved in matter. If only she could escape from the body. But the mind will not fly unless we embrace the body as a path to freedom.” – Joanna Frueh In […]