In Michigan, the United Auto Workers was the quintessential labor union. We breathed cars and trucks, and our economy rose and fell in direct correlation to auto sales. Every family […]
LESSONS IN HUMANITY
A Gun Owner Reckons With the Costs of Our Compulsion
And makes a plan to beat a beloved collection into plowshares
I’m a gun owner. I don’t fit the stereotype of a gun-toting Second Amender decked out in camouflage protesting in front of a state capitol — although having grown up […]
CANCELING EACH OTHER
My Little Sister, the Republican
An estrangement that mirrors a divided nation
My relationship with my sister, my only sibling, may have ended as a result of the Trump presidency. She was always a little strange. My parents thought it was due […]
PRIVILEGE
Covid Gets Me off the Hook
Confronting a system that targets ‘driving while Black’
EASTHAM — Before the pandemic, I often led classes for the Registry of Motor Vehicles. The students had been cited for speeding and other infractions. The curriculum was supposed to […]
