A Debt of Gratitude
Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka writes about grief, empathy, and bubble tea.
A Father's Dance
An essay by Jordan Marzka
The Still Point at Sanger Lake
Maud Macrory Powell writes about a violent event, a secret kept for fifty years, and how we react to traumatic experiences
The Devil, You Know
In an excerpt from Night Mother: A Personal and Cultural History of “The Exorcist”, Marlena Williams writes about satanic panics from Geraldo to QAnon
Broken Glass, Broken Trust
A sermon by Robert Leo Heilman first read at the Umpqua Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Roseburg in spring 2022
Entrevista: Carlos habla de migración, peligro, y su sueño americano
Rafael Romero habla con Carlos, un migrante de Guatemala residente de Hermiston, sobre sus razones por emigrar a los estados unidos, los retos que encontró en su trayecto, y que pidiera de los residentes y el gobierno de este país.
Interview: Carlos on Migration, Danger, and His American Dream
Rafael Romero talks with Carlos, an immigrant from Guatemala living in Hermiston, about why he came to the United States, the difficulties he experience in his journey, and what he'd ask of others here.
Making Men—2016
Bobbie Willis Soeby writes about raising her sons to not rape in the 2016 “Edge” issue.
Stand
A student reckons with an inappropriate teacher’s power and her own powerlessness. An excerpt from Reema Zaman's memoir, I Am Yours.
Drill
Dan Falkner writes about searching for a solution at a training for teachers on responding to school shootings.
A Lot to Ask of a Name
Natchee Blu Barnd on how Native American names are used as symbols in white spaces
Never Paid in Full
April Slabosheski on what Holocaust reparations can teach us about seemingly immeasurable debts
"It's Just a Beer"
Kira Smith on the unspoken contracts between men and women