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Recovery

Defending Will Smith’s Oscars Violence is a Bad Decision

If you weren’t watching it live you’ve seen it by now. While presenting at the Academy Awards, comedian Chris Rock makes a joke at the expense of …Defending Will Smith’s Oscars Violence is a Bad Decision

Spring!

Downy woodpecker

Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism – Disability Visibility Project

Disabled People Are Tired: Public Health and Ableism   Christine Mitchell   I’m tired. We’re all tired, collectively. It has been a long two years of heightened anxiety and isolation as we learn how to live within a global pandemic leaving nearly a million people dead in the US – far more than any other… …

You Should Be Weary Right Now

You should be a little weary right now. If you are, be grateful. That is a good thing. That weariness is confirmation that your heart is working …You Should Be Weary Right Now

One Million Funerals and the Death of Empathy in America

So much to grieve over. It isn’t just their childish tantrums at being asked to wear a mask at the grocery store, or their nonsensical claims of …One Million Funerals and the Death of Empathy in America

Winter

The World Needs Good News This Year. Give it Some.

I’m getting sick of bad news. More accurately, I’m getting sick from bad news. I don’t mean figuratively sick, either—I mean that it is making me …The World Needs Good News This Year. Give it Some.

“New Day’s Lyric.”Amanda Gorman

May this be the dayWe come together.Mourning, we come to mend,Withered, we come to weather,Torn, we come to tend,Battered, we come to better.Tethered by this year of yearning,We are learningThat though we weren't ready for this,We have been readied by it.We steadily vow that no matterHow we are weighed down,We must always pave a way …