From October 2012 through December 2018, I wrote a monthly column in the Bangor Daily News:

• We need to dream big, imagine the unimaginable, December 2017 [final column for the BDN]
• Thoughts from a well-meaning white liberal, November 2017
• ‘Be kind. You never know what someone else is going through.’ October 2017
• How I made it to 21 years of recovery, July 2017
• Finding freedom in the mountains of Maine, June 2017
• With no deductibles or expensive co-pays, everyone wins, May 2017
• Autistic people don’t need a ‘cure’, April 2017
• It might feel like a war in Trump’s America, but life goes on, March 2017
• We white people need to get honest about our own racism, February 2017
• Why I shouldn’t hide the truth about Trump from my daughters, January 2017
• The kind of love Jesus had in mind when he commanded us to love one another, December 2016
• As a survivor of sexual assault, a vote for Trump is a punch in the gut, November 2016
• How the internet let me into other people’s lives. I learned from them and didn’t say a word. October 2016
• Why I engage with racist people, September 1, 2016
• Comparing Clinton to Trump is like comparing apples to ulcers. I’m with her. August 3, 2016
• Recovery can take a community. My recovery from alcoholism did. July 6, 2016
• Why I never doubt a woman when she tells me she’s been abused, June 1, 2016
• How ‘new atheists’ are just as dangerous as the religious extremists they rail against May 4, 2016
• In the fight for sufficient mental health care, we must reject the stigma April 6, 2016
• Abortion is murder. It should also be legal, easily accessible. March 2, 2016
• Writing about racism while white February 3, 2016
• Reparations are possible, plausible and the only way to save our country January 7, 2016
• We mustn’t be daunted by the injustices of the world December 2, 2015
• Yes, that $5 latte was the right choice for me November 4, 2015
• We’re not giving them smallpox blankets, but we’re taking Penobscots’ river September 30, 2015
• When the right to a lawyer applies only if you have money September 2, 2015
• The false message from those ‘good cop’ stories? Things aren’t so bad August 5, 2015
• Maine can’t afford to lose more substance abuse treatment options July 1, 2015
• We should stop punishing poor people for saving money June 3, 2015
• Where poor, white, rural Maine intersects with #BlackLivesMatter May 6, 2015
• How to make local food affordable? Buy it today while it’s pricey April 1, 2015
• Why life should be easy, at least some of the time March 4, 2015
• I lost my MaineCare coverage, and it might make me sick February 4, 2015
• Paying a livable wage isn’t only about good business. It’s the right thing to do December 31, 2014
• Ending racism: What white people can do November 5, 2014
• The fights against global warming, for social justice are one and the same October 1, 2014
• Dating while white collar September 3, 2014
• Alternative sentencing for Maine inmates: Community service or forced labor? August 6, 2014
• A bridge called alcoholism, July 2, 2014
• Desire to help the poor is less about politics, more about financial experience June 4, 2014
• Want to really fight poverty? Don’t investigate individual welfare fraud April 30, 2014
• Segregation may be illegal in Maine, but it exists in our criminal justice system April 2, 2014
• Exhausted, scared, broke? Now imagine having a personal assistant March 5, 2014
• February 2014
• Paying a livable wage isn’t only about good business, it’s the right thing to do December 31, 2014
• The upside to surviving poverty and depression December 4, 2013
• Real poverty is more than a food stamps challenge, lasts longer than a week November 6, 2013
• The language of the working class and what it means for their success October 2, 2013
• The price of privacy: When being poor means revealing all September 4, 2013
• Are you George Zimmerman? July 31, 2013
• The cycle of illness: Why the poor need coverage July 3, 2013
• Let us eat junk June 5, 2013
• Breaking the class language barrier May 1, 2013
• Poor and up against a culture of mistrust April 4, 2013
• How my irresponsible choices led to excellent parenting March 6, 2013
• Welfare isn’t a dirty word, February 6, 2013
• Poverty changes how I think, January 2, 2013
• Inside the mind of a gun lover: Solving firearms safety crisis December 18, 2012
• Not all about money: When the poor are too tired to fight December 5, 2012
• On being newly poor: The humiliation, relief of public assistance October 29, 2012