EDITOR’S NOTE: In the late 1990’s, I started writing about social and environmental justice in West Texas. Sure, there were the livestock shows, balloon festivals, prison deaths, and bear trackings. But early exposure to the threats of radioactive waste dumping and industrial “upsets” poisoning low-income, minority communities set my editorial […]
Tag: mental illness
Trump Attack Shames the Mentally Ill
This is not about Donald Trump. It’s about the language we use talking about mental illness. It’s been a long, ugly march out of the “madhouses” of American history. But for those millions who suffer from conditions like depression, obsession-compulsive disorder, or ADHD, the playground taunting, the workplace sneers, and […]