Narrative Magazine

Alon and Gal Go for a Drive

WHEN I OPENED MY EYES, I was on my side, still inside the jeep, my face a few inches off the road. The jeep too lay on its side and had somehow turned back facing south, the way we’d come from Kiryat Shmona. The seat beside me was empty….

Narrative Magazine

To Save a Butterfly

EYLON ITZCHAKI saw his death every morning. Shards of glass in his back. The force of an explosion rupturing his liver, his kidneys, without ever breaking the skin…

SMU Law School Deason Center

Ending Injustice: Solving The Initial Appearance Crisis

Across the United States, people are arrested and held behind bars for days and weeks—sometimes even for months—without ever seeing a judge or an attorney. The Constitution promises to protect an arrested person by giving them access to the courts, notice of the charges, the assistance of a lawyer, and a fair and speedy trial. But the Constitution is silent about when or how those rights will be delivered…

Narrative Magazine

The Bridge

In late September my ex-husband called to tell me that our boys were sent home with a note: there had been several reported cases of lice in the boys’ school…

The Atlantic

What I Learned From 12 Days in Isolation

How to live through a time of fearful waiting

The Atlantic

What I Wish I’d Known About Sexual Assault in the Military

Duck and cover!” a mechanized voice screamed. The ground shook and the window rattled. I rolled from my bed to the floor of my trailer and felt for the armor I’d forgotten in my office. I lay there and sweated and swore. The voice from the loudspeaker urged me to get away from the windows. I was inside a tin can…