The COVID-19 crisis is the most calamitous global event any living person can recall. Millions of cases worldwide have claimed over 150,000 lives as epidemiologists predict far more mayhem before the virus is under control. The drastic precautionary measures necessary to stem COVID’s spread, like “social distancing” and the closure of many businesses, are perfectly […]
Teaching in the Time of COVID
Like thousands of professors around the country and the globe, I suddenly find myself conducting all my personal and professional affairs through my computer screen. Stationed on my couch as my classroom, office, and Kanopy ‘n Chill station, surrounded by potato chip crumbs, with my cat wondering why his underlords are crowding out his space, […]
“An Incredible Catch-22”: An Emergency Nurse Discusses the COVID-19 Crisis
HC: Tell us what you do for work. I am an emergency department nurse in Oregon. HC: What was your workplace like before the Coronavirus? Nursing in an emergency department is partly mental health for people who are neglected in every other way. Although we don’t really have resources to help people who are dealing […]
“You’re Not Gonna Use This as a Way to Fuck Us Over”: A Discussion with Luis Brennan from Burgerville Workers Union
HC: Tell us what you do for work. I’m a fast food worker. I work mostly the grill at a fast food place at the Portland Airport–a company called Burgerville. I also do a shit ton of labor organizing, so I’ve been a part of Burgerville Workers Union for a while. We’ve won a lot […]
Coronavirus and Conspiracy
It was day three of my self-imposed Rona virus (shout out to Black Twitter) quarantine and it was clear that sitting in my underwear scrolling through Facebook was quickly becoming my life. Between the apocalyptic posts about how woefully unprepared the US healthcare system is on any given day, let alone for a pandemic, and […]
The Everyday Abolitionism of 13 Reasons Why
It’s an all-too-familiar scene. An alienated young man named named Tyler Down approaches a school clad in black, strapped with guns and ammunition, and bent on cold-blooded mass murder. But unlike the tragedies making headlines across the United States, this shooting does not come to pass. Before he can act, some classmates learn of the […]