Listen to the rhythm of the Bang bang bang, To the sounds and the dance of this Din

[Originally reported in Synapse on March 20, 2009.] Two reports issued in February underlined the growing menace of climate change...

You probably haven't heard of it, but the Salton Sea is the largest lake in California as seen from above...

Shelter clinic opens every Thursday at six, First time seeing a “real” patient, I’m waiting at the door.

[Originally published on March 20, 2003.] In a political climate charged with the suddenly tangible threat of war with Iraq...

All that is good in nature respects its power. The crash of waves against rocky shores seems uncontrolled and even...

Yet, here I am, stuck in this very place I call home Why do I even call it that? I...

[Originally published in Synapse on March 11, 1987.] A recent Supreme Court decision upholding certain types of pregnancy leave and...

Today is the worst day of her life. As for me, it's Tuesday. I try to hold space for her...

“what do you think?” your wide eyes an azure blue glazed with the reflection of my surprise and, the essence...

[ Originally authored in February 25, 1988 by Toan Truong as a third-year medical student.] I grew up in Saigon...

There are lilies in the valley lofty clouds up in the sky there are spots of brown on butterflies now...

[Originally published on February 20, 2009.] Last month we honored the birth of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King...

[Originally published in Synapse on February 14, 2011.] Ah, another Valentine’s Day... and I, for one, will be spending it...

On the phone she’ll tell me stories about shorebirds which breed in warmer marshland winters and still cross the continent...