by Aspen Christian. This article originally appeared in SAGEMatters, Fall 2018. Over the past year, Alaska has emerged as a leader in the national fight against concerted, continuous attacks on the LGBT community, particularly those who are transgender. In April,...
by Peter White. This article originally appeared in The Tennessee Tribune. Rose and George Covington live in a 4-bedroom, two-bath brick house on Meridian St. in East Nashville. They are still doing what they started doing 45 years ago: raising children. Their own...
By Roshan Abraham. This article originally appeared in City Limits. When two suicides by seniors occurred within a year at Knickerbocker Village, a 1,590-apartment housing complex in the Two Bridges section of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, it rocked the community, says...
by David Wahlberg. This article originally appeared in the Wisconsin State Journal. Dr. Matthew Weiss’ “patient,” an older man playing the role of an 80-year-old with diabetes, told Weiss he recently fell on the way to the bathroom and hit a dresser. “I toppled over...
In a recent essay published in AAPI blog Reappropriate, Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC) executive director Quyen Dinh recounted what is what like for her to grow up poor and not know it. In elementary school, my day started with getting breakfast from...
by Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez. This article originally appeared on Next Avenue. Jodi Savage was her grandmother’s caretaker in her last days. Like many black Americans, her grandmother’s cultural beliefs and religious background led to very little discussion around the...