First Time Voter

Author: Annabella Mayer

I have a confession to make.

I am really, really excited to vote.

I know it sounds delusional and insane, but I’m not kidding. I’ve checked my registration about five times. I keep up with election news. I have responded to a text poll. My RA asked what we were excited to do during fall…

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Requiem for a Homeless Encampment

Author: Annabella Mayer

I spent the summer at a shelter for the unhoused. The Supreme Court has it all wrong.

About five days into my summer internship, a woman came in and asked for a blanket. I’ll call her Diane. That’s not the name I knew her by — I’m not sure if the name I knew her by was her real name either.…

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