Author: Kate Schifano
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The Curious Case Of Tampa’s Forcefield: And What Will Happen When It Fails
Beginning with the historic 2004 hurricane season, in which five hurricanes hit Florida in six weeks, Tampa Bay has had a miraculous streak of near-misses with major hurricanes. In 2004, Hurricane Charlie was forecasted to make landfall in the Bay Area as a Category Four storm before suddenly and unexpectedly turning and landfalling in South Florida…
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Spoiler Alert: You’re Thinking About Autism All Wrong
On the eve of my twenty-sixth birthday, I frantically googled the phrase, I don’t feel like a real person. This online investigation came during a mental health crisis that has come to define most of my mid-twenties. Two years prior, I began suddenly experiencing recurrent panic attacks, derealization episodes, and a rapidly developing case of…
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Voting
Thomas Jefferson once said, “We do not have government by the majority. We have government by the majority who participate.” With that in mind, the question becomes: Who is the participatory majority in the United States? Historically, those who are aged 60 years and older are the most active demographic of the electorate, with their…