Note: This essay was originally published in TruthOut, November 19, 2015. I’ve reposted it today because calls for involuntary hospitalization are again popping up around […]
Why Brain Science Won’t Cure Poverty
This article was first published by The Conversation. Recently I’ve seen news reports with headlines like this one: “Can Brain Science Help Lift People Out […]
White Women, Opiates and Prison
Author’s note: Race is hard to write about; so is class; so is gender. I struggle with articulating — especially in a short essay — […]
Medicalization of the Death and Other Penalties
Executions of three men in Oklahoma and Ohio have been postponed recently in the wake of controversy regarding the botched administration of lethal injections. Lethal […]