Megan Merchant

May 14, 2019 Gun Violence

Tsunami Drills in the High Desert

By Megan Merchant. When children practice drills for a disaster too violent to name. …

February 10, 2019 Gun Violence/U.S.

By Megan Merchant. A box of crayons now includes the color of remembrance. …

November 6, 2018 Americas/Immigration/Politics

By Megan Merchant. "You too would flee." …

October 8, 2018 MeToo

By Megan Merchant. Rape culture obliges women to be hyper-vigiliant. …

August 1, 2018 Identity/MeToo

By Megan Merchant. The horrors of gender violence are articulated all over the world. …

June 1, 2018 Gun Violence

By Megan Merchant. "The sermon will grow loud at times, generic as a hot dish brought to grief’s door." …

April 14, 2018 Middle East/World

By Megan Merchant. Chemical attacks and prolonged airstrikes in Syria inspire fierce maternalism. …

March 2, 2018 World

By Megan Merchant. Meditations on strength as Putin unveils a nuclear missile resistant to all defense. …

February 14, 2018 Gun Violence

By Megan Merchant. After America's 8th school shooting this year, a call to action. …

January 24, 2018 Gun Violence/U.S.

By Megan Merchant. The nation, numbed by mass shootings, barely flinches about this week's gunfire at a Kentucky high school. …