News and analysis for San Antonio and the South Texas bioregion.
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 compass right quick. […]
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 […]