Walking Up Mama’s Backbone: She Allowed Me to Question Whiteness
When asked once how he went from his dysfunctional, impoverished household with an abusive, alcoholic father to being a Pulitzer Prize-winning author able to purchase a home for his mother outright with the cash from his writing awards, Rick Bragg answered, “I walked up my Mama’s backbone.” I spent a good bit of yesterday searching […]
Honduran Mother Seeks Medical Help for Son in Mississippi Amid Legal Limbo
Carmen Quintero, 21, and her 2-year-old son Miguel (not their real names), left Ocotepeque, Honduras, to begin a dangerous journey through Guatemala and Mexico that ended 22 days later when they reached the southwest border of the United States on June 17, 2019. The risky trip included traveling in the back of several trucks, hoping […]
Madre hondureña busca ayuda médica para su hijo en Mississippi en medio de limbo legal
Carmen Quintero, 21 años, y su hijo Miguel, 2 años, (nombres cambiados) dejaron atrás Ocotepeque en Honduras para embarcarse en una peligrosa travesÃa por Guatemala y México que terminó 22 dÃas más tarde en la frontera suroeste de los Estados Unidos en junio 17 de 2019. Vinieron en busca de una mejor vida a este […]
