Let Him Cry
Another shooting. While I was waiting for my laundry to finish this morning, I sat in my car writing. Across the street from the laundromat is a residential care facility. I’ve often sat in this spot and I watched as women, who I will assume are mostly Muslim (by their headgear) and possibly immigrants, walk in...
The Dirty Business of Prison Sterilization
“In July of 2013, the Center for Investigative Reporting published findings that 132 women in state prisons received tubal ligations between 2006 and 2010 – the majority of which were carried out by Dr. James Heinrich and done without proper state oversight.” – Al Jazeera America, April 2, 2014 (Read the Article) When I read this article, it made me...

