by Katie | Jan 28, 2017 | Law, Social Justice
Image Alt-Text: Monochrome photograph of a stone wall with a metal-barred window with one glass pane shattered. What does it mean for a presidential administration to declare itself at “war” with the U.S. media, to declare the U.S. media an “opposition party”...
by Katie | Jan 15, 2017 | Freelance Academic, Life is Long, Racial Justice, Social Justice
I woke up this Sunday morning worried about money—making enough of it, selling enough stories to make enough of it, saving enough of it for my kids’ school and for retirement and for emergencies, having enough of it for our monthly budget. I was worried that I...
by Katie | Nov 14, 2016 | Life is Long, Racial Justice, Social Justice
I’ve kept quiet on the election for about a week, mostly to give those who are far more eloquent than I am a chance to talk first. Here are my thoughts, in no particular order. (1) I’m not surprised that so many people voted for a racist, sexist, ableist,...
by Katie | Oct 12, 2016 | Disability, Racial Justice, Social Justice
Image Alt-Text: A screen-capture of a tweet from my account, @krgpryal: “If we put armor on our safe-keepers & guns in their hands, the weak, ill, impoverished, & oppressed will be harmed. #DemilitarizeThePolice” I have no reason to fear the...
by Katie | Apr 15, 2016 | Social Justice
I traveled by train to Washington, D.C., mid-week this week for work. Union Station in D.C. is under construction, but it is still a beautiful building. On Thursday, I had some time to spend before catching my train home, so I wandered around the buildings near Union...
by Katie | Dec 29, 2015 | Law, Racial Justice, Social Justice
“Please DON’T. If you don’t care about these issues all of the time. DO NOT FOLLOW ME today. I hate it so much. Thanks.” –Mariame Kaba, @prisonculture, on Twitter on 12/28/2015. Today, in the car, my 6yo son asked me about Tamir Rice. He...
