The recently intensified ICE presence and threat of attack reminds me of the City of Oakland’s Fruitvale Gang Injunction, the last time I saw the community so vulnerable in a collective way. It was […]
Class was almost over; we were finishing up when Mario jumped out of his seat. “Awww shit,” he sighed with a look of disdain on his face. “What’s up, you ok?” I walked over […]
It was at the moment that Yuri Kochiyama’s daughter was accepting the award for her mother, presented by Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter. Images of Yuri were projected on the screen behind […]
The East side of the O in the Wild Wild West, California’s desert and no man’s land. This desert isn’t only craving water but thirsty for so much more. Seminary to Havenscourt is not […]
The Academy Awards were on and she had just put me to bed. My mom flopped down onto the couch, exhausted from the few days she had been with me alone since my dad had […]
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