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It was the constant tiredness I had been feeling for months, the fear I felt for anyone who looked like me, and the hunger for hope that brought me to the Subway across the street from Kennedy Plaza.  It certainly wasn’t the bland, cold, sandwich-like product I gnawed through while I waited for the parade […]

The following is based on a true story. In 1994, Fidel Castro allowed thousands of Cubans to leave the island on makeshift rafts. I was living on Grand Cayman, writing for the daily newspaper. With no place to stay, the over 1,200 rafters ended up in a dusty campsite in the middle of Grand Cayman, […]

My Mexican grandfather was born in Austin, Texas, on August 19, 1929. I know this because I have his birth certificate, issued by Travis County and the Texas State Board of Health. But no, rather: I have a scan of his birth certificate, one that exists in the public records and is downloadable if you […]

“Man is born free, yet everywhere he is caged.” Barbed wire, concrete walls, and guarded toll booths — even with friendly guards — confine people to the nation-state of their birth. But why? Borders are human inventions, arbitrary lines that separate us not only politically, but also socially and culturally. I’ve always believed that to […]

Strolling through The Find on 6 in Johnston, I came across a beautifully, intricately carved, circular, wooden plaque. It stared at me as I was staring at it, intrigued by its detail, and I picked it up for only $10! I was surprised; the price was a bargain and I just had to have it. […]