Author: Jasmine Smith

I headed out for the night shift. With surgical mask, Lysol spray, Lysol wipes, and blanket in tow, I headed to the hospital. En route, I realized that I forgot the extra N95 mask from my personal stash, but didn’t turn around for fear of being late. “I’m going to be caring for the lower […]

One day I walked in on my nephews having a conversation about superheroes. I wasn’t paying close attention because they have a tendency to perseverate and I was on the verge of hangriness. But one comment stopped me in my tracks: “[Insert classmate name here] told me that Spiderman from Spider-Verse isn’t a real superhero because he’s […]

It was August 28th, 1955.  Eye gouged out, teeth knocked out, tongue hanging out of his mouth, sagittal slice to the skull and brain with an axe, gunshot to the head. Beaten beyond recognition.  He was 14.  His crime for such a gruesome death? All he did was whistle.  Except he was a black teenager who whistled […]