one person’s path, 5 months into the journey By Kate Vanskike It’s July, and the sun is bright and the temps are creeping toward triple digits. I find extreme heat unbearable anyway, but this year, I have an added challenge. … Continue reading Concussion Healing: The Changes, Questions, and Constants
Selected excerpts from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s 1967 book, “Where Do We Go From Here?” Continue reading Timeless Reading: Dr. King’s “Where Do We Go From Here?”
Reflections on the lesser-quoted refrains of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech Continue reading Did Dr. King Die in Vain?
Spokane, Washington, writer Kate Vanskike takes a journey through places that informed her views on race. She’s still learning to unpack it. Continue reading Racial Lessons in Place
Working at Gonzaga University as its magazine editor is a great ride. Continue reading What I’ve Learned: 4 Years at Gonzaga U
Seven hundred. That was the population of Perry, Missouri, the town I lived in from age 3 to 20. It had one blinking stoplight and one non-white family, a couple that didn’t stay long. Legend says that a century-old city … Continue reading Talking About Racism
Kate Vanskike reflects on 20 years in Spokane, and the adventures in getting there Continue reading 20-Year Spokanniversary: Adventures Along the Way
Author’s Note: In a Tucson, Arizona, courtroom, a dozen students and two advisers from Gonzaga University witnessed Operation Streamline – a controversial system of justice for migrants accused of entering the U.S. illegally. In less than three hours, we would see … Continue reading How Do You Plead?
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