Jul 12
Immigration Detention Centers We are careful with names. Names have consequences. Names end careers. We call them facilities. We call them processing centers. We call them temporary. We call them necessary, We call it the law as if law were a force of nature not our government deciding who can live here. The technical distinctions …
Jul 04
Land of the Free Somewhere a mother lights a candle for a child who was detained, warehoused and abused as if light could find its way through concrete, through wire, through unjust laws into the hands of someone who needed us to be what we said we were Belinda Subraman, from El Paso Texas, began …
Mar 07
Learning to Be Quiet Fenced in dogs were always barking in the cold, no dog houses just freezing in the snow. My grandfather’s dogs neglected as my grandmother. Age 4, I saw Pop park his truck and drink a pint of whiskey. I heard plenty of talk from the relatives. I didn’t know what it …
