WIRED (reported news)
Free All-Terrain Chairs Are Making the Great Outdoors Even Better
BEN OXLEY WAS 35 years old when he connected with nature for the first time. Born with cerebral palsy, he’d spent his whole life in a wheelchair, unable to access hiking trails or rugged parks without the help of some very dedicated friends and serious equipment…
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INSIDER (personal essay)
I’ve been taking psychedelic mushrooms with my mom for 14 years. It’s brought us closer together.
At 22 years old, I had my first psychedelic experience. My self-appointed trip guide gave me a half-eighth of psilocybin mushrooms. I figured the few dry stems and one button-sized cap weren’t enough to do anything. But I trusted my guide. We had shared quite a few joints and even tried MDMA together. She was my mom.
CAPITAL REGION LIVING (reported news)
The Eagles of Peebles
Forget about driving up to the Adirondacks to catch a glimpse of America’s majestic national bird. Heck, you don’t even have to leave the Capital Region. Sandwiched between the urban sprawl of Waterford, Cohoes and Troy is a little bald eagle hotspot called Peebles Island. Barely 10 miles from downtown Albany, this 190-acre state park is home to a pair of nesting bald eagles that have caught the attention of a local group of wildlife photographers and bird enthusiasts.
HOLLINS MAGAZINE (reported news)
Immigration Is A Black Issue
Patrice Lawrence ’11 knows what life is like for the more than half a million undocumented Black immigrants in the United States—she’s one of them. Also, as the cofounder and co-director of the immigrant’s rights nonprofit UndocuBlack Network, Lawrence understands all too well how difficult it can be existing in the immigration shadows of modern day America, of constantly fearing detention or deportation.
HUFFPOST PERSONAL (personal essay)
I’m Vaccinated And Still Got COVID-19. Here’s What A Breakthrough Case Is Like.
“Alabama is probably the worst spot to get infected with the coronavirus right now, especially if you’re uninsured like me.”
THE INDEPENDENT (opinion)
My family and I all have Covid. We’re fully vaccinated. It’s clear we need another lockdown
I remember the day I received my first shot of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccination. It was April 1, and I went with my mother, who was also receiving her first dose. At the time, we had to drive forty-five minutes one way to reach the closest vaccination site at an old regional airport in Jasper, Alabama.
HOLLINS MAGAZINE (reported news)
Hollins Professor R. H. W. Dillard Revisits His Connection To Cult Classic Film “Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster”
When Hollins Professor of English R. H. W. Dillard was just a grad student at the University of Virginia, he never imagined an expensive bottle of whiskey and a $50 payment to write a screenplay with acclaimed writer George Garrett would result in one of the most (in)famous sci-fi/horror films in American cinema: the 1965 cult classic Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster. And yet that’s exactly what happened. Sort of.
HUFFPOST PERSONAL (personal essay)
I Spent 5 Days At The Largest Migrant Refugee Camp On The U.S. Border.
“Biden has sworn to undo the previous administration’s damage to the nation’s immigration system. Meanwhile, for those waiting in refugee camps, nothing has changed.”
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SARATOGA LIVING (interview)
Patton Oswalt Bringing His Stand-Up Act To The Palace Theatre (Exclusive)
It’s no exaggeration to say that Patton Oswalt is one of the hardest working comedians in show business. For younger audiences, Oswalt’s general hilariousness and irreverence has helped him amass 4.5 million followers on Twitter.
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