Originally published Dec. 11, 2020 for The PLS Reporter, behind a paywall. In the last week, six Pennsylvania prisons have reported their first COVID-19-related deaths, as case counts rise not only in the prison system, but the entire state. Amidst the surging pandemic, the Department of Corrections announced Friday a reorganization plan that they claim […]
Eyeing an esports win
Originally published online and in print Sept. 13, 2019 for Nashville Post Esports is hitting its stride. Since video games entered the consumer market in earnest in the 1970s — long before we had today’s world for professional competitive gaming — players found ways to battle it out. They lugged their equipment to others’ houses […]
Vanderbilt professor’s book talk disrupted by white nationalists
Originally published April 28, 2019 for the Vanderbilt Hustler Dr. Jonathan Metzl’s book talk at Politics and Prose Bookstore was interrupted on Saturday when a group of white nationalists marched into the Washington D.C. shop and took over the talk, shouting “this land is our land.” “It was scary for about a second because when […]
Cyrus Wilson is fighting for justice, but he is not alone
Originally published April 16, 2019 for the Vanderbilt Hustler The most important thing when rallying around someone, advocates say, is keeping their voice at the center of activism. That can be difficult when that person is in prison. “When people go to prison, it’s very easy for society to forget that they’re there,” Casey Wilson, […]