These are ideas I’ve decided to put into words.
The research required often takes longer than the actual writing, and each headline goes through a rigorous three-step vetting process (my mom, my best friends, my cat). I hope you enjoy.
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Why are Louisiana’s laws about human remains so strict?
Happy Halloween. Let’s talk about Boneghazi. In July 2016, a witch named Ender Darling was taken into custody in Florida and returned to Louisiana. Their crime? Stealing human bones from cemeteries in the state. The same year, Louisiana’s legislature passed the “Louisiana Human Remains Protection and Control Act,” a law intended to stop the ownership and sale of human remains within Louisiana.
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On two reporters named Nell and Nellie
This series attempts to explain the context of female stunt reporters, especially Nellie Bly and Nell Nelson, in the early 1900s and how their work influenced New Journalism of the 1960s.
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Whose life is it anyway? — Inconsistent morality within the pro-life movement
This piece isn’t about the difficult choice facing those who have terminal illnesses, nor is it about the prohibitive cost of end-of-life care in America. This is about a politically reactionary group attempting to wrench control of people’s lives from them and those that love them. And they claim to do it in the name of God.
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25 years after Kevorkian conviction, Michigan legislature stalls on physician-assisted suicide
In March 1999, Jack Kevorkian sat in an Oakland County courtroom after being convicted of second-degree murder for his involvement in the death of Thomas Youk. Despite Kevorkian’s repeated protestations that “dying is not a crime,” the jury disagreed and sent him to prison. 25 years later, advocates for “dignity in death” are once again hoping to see the issue discussed more widely in the State of Michigan.