Talking About Palestine is an Exercise in Public Health

[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1984.] The women’s movement in this country must be broadened to address issues...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 15, 1990.] We live in an exciting time. Throughout the world, walls we once...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 26, 2009.] For anyone possessing a shred of fairness, reading about Reconstruction, America’s attempt...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 17, 1965.] As a result of recent action on the part of The Regents...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 10, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin...

I am my mother; A distant land; I am my father; Shouldering the burden of hope

After a decade of moving between the Bay Area, the Midwest, and Mexico, in August of last year, I finally...

[Originally published in Synapse on November 3, 2011.] Two months ago, demonstrators began showing up at Wall Street to protest...

[First place winner in the Storytelling Contest poetry category.] the curve of the earth aligns to our body the heat...