Jones is thought to have been the last full-blooded member of the Eyak, a saltwater people of southern Alaska. When the Exxon Valdez ran aground in 1989, it spilled 240,000 barrels of crude oil into their traditional fishing grounds. More important, Jones was the last person to speak Eyak fluently. She had held that melancholy [...]
‘All right,’ I eventually reply. I feel a little bewildered by this disruption to my routine, but lack the independence or strength to resist it. Within a few minutes, a nurse has been summoned, my drips disconnected, and we are in the lift on our way downwards from my ninth-floor hideaway. Anna wheels me swiftly [...]
The movement sought to avoid attempts to make those who use mental health services comply with what psychiatrists prescribe as treatment, drawing instead on its own resources to offer alternatives to medical intervention.Born in Liverpool, McLaughlin was a revolutionary socialist and spent many years working in industry. As a psychologist, he was much more interested [...]
“What is important now is for Gordon Brown to take rapid action to restore effective leadership to a department that has clearly been distracted by the events of the last few weeks.”The Liberal Democrat work and pensions spokesman, Danny Alexander, said it was a return to “sleaze” in government.”The transition from Blair to Brown feels [...]
Editor’s note: In the years between his diagnosis and his death, Joe Dawson, his family and his caregivers allowed Calkins Media photographer Rick Kintzel to document his final journey. Kintzel witnessed a grandparent die with dignity and comfort because of hospice nurses and their care and it inspired him to tell this story. Reporter Marion [...]
