Commentary

On Appalachian Floods and Climate Grief

On Appalachian Floods and Climate Grief

One of my first childhood memories revolves around a flood. I was an apple-cheeked pre-schooler, hair in a bowl cut, camping with my hippie-folkie parents at an old-time fiddlers’ convention in Ivydale, West Virginia. Hard rain brought flash floods, and the creek...

From Enforced Hijabs to Enforced Pregnancies

From Enforced Hijabs to Enforced Pregnancies

We need to see this newest devastating crisis of democracy in the U.S. with renewed urgency because it has too long a history. Look at what is happening to Iranian women (and Saudi, and Indian, and Afghan) and see ourselves together, in camaraderie against illiberal theocracies.