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I Toured My Mother’s Storage Units and Learned Something About American Life I Never Understood

Aug 5, 2024 | yahoo.com | Julie Poole

This story was supported by the journalism nonprofit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. In a sleepy Washington state beach town roughly five miles from the U.S.–Canada border, you’ll find Birch Bay Storage. Last December, my mom, 64, reached out her car window to punch in a code that opened the electric gate. She was reluctant to unlock her unit, sensing that something she cherished was crushed under heavy boxes and Rubbermaid bins.
I Toured My Mother’s Storage Units and Learned Something About American Life I Never Understood

Aug 5, 2024 | flipboard.com | Julie Poole

North America TravelNowPeople Are Sharing The Quirkiest Attractions They Came Across In The US And These Are 87 Of Themboredpanda.com - Oleksandra Kyryliuk, Viktorija Ošikaitė • NowAmerica is famous for many things: Hollywood movies, towering skyscrapers, and vast national parks.
This State Program Collects Money from the Deceased. Families Pay the Price.

Jul 29, 2024 | tspantx.com | Julie Poole

When 83-year-old Mary McCaughan died in an Austin nursing home of Alzheimer’s in 2017, her belongings included clothing and shoes worth $200. She had no home, no car, no retirement, no stocks or bonds, no jewelry nor family heirlooms. Her bank account contained roughly $104,000 from a court settlement she’d recently won against a nursing home, Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Duval, where she was abused by a nurse’s aide who posted degrading photos and videos of her on social media.
This State Program Collects Money from the Deceased. Families Pay the Price.

Jul 29, 2024 | flipboard.com | Julie Poole

It feels weird to type this, on July 29, but the Houston Texans embarked on a game week on Monday! Sure, it's a preseason game that is about as …
This State Program Collects Money from the Deceased. Families Pay the Price.

Jul 29, 2024 | texasobserver.org | Julie Poole

When 83-year-old Mary McCaughan died in an Austin nursing home of Alzheimer’s in 2017, her belongings included clothing and shoes worth $200. She had no home, no car, no retirement, no stocks or bonds, no jewelry nor family heirlooms. Her bank account contained roughly $104,000 from a court settlement she’d recently won against a nursing home, Windsor Nursing and Rehabilitation Center of Duval, where she was abused by a nurse’s aide who posted degrading photos and videos of her on social media.
When There’s No One to Attend to the Dead

Oct 12, 2023 | thenation.com | Caroline Tracey |Josephine Lee |Amy Littlefield |Julie Poole

How one small change to Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure created a cascade of problems for the state’s capacity to investigate death. Ad PolicyThis story was completed with the support of a Neal Peirce Foundation Journalism Grant. On a Tuesday afternoon in December 2021, a police officer in Hidalgo County, Tex., found the body of 47-year-old Yvonne Salas on the kitchen floor of a mobile home.
Rush Limbaugh’s Kid Control

Jul 27, 2023 | thebaffler.com | Julie Poole

Here’s how it all began. From BookPeople, located in Austin’s international airport, my friend texted me a photo of Rush Limbaugh’s Rush Revere chapter book series for kids. Limbaugh’s chicken-sausage pallor was superimposed on an illustrated rendering of Paul Revere. “Disturbing” my friend wrote.
Wrecking Women's Healthcare

May 22, 2023 | texasobserver.org | Julie Poole

This story was supported by the journalism non-profit the Economic Hardship Reporting Project. Mondays are Access Esperanza’s busiest days. Some of the women who come seeking care may wait for a couple of hours but, CEO Patricio Gonzales said, “We do not turn away patients.” For his clients—most low-income and uninsured—waiting is worth it because the services are free.
The Collapse of This Texas Health Care Program Is Putting Women’s Lives in Danger

May 22, 2023 | thenation.com | Julie Poole |Mychal Denzel Smith

This article was reported in collaboration with the Texas Observer. Mondays are Access Esperanza’s busiest days. Some of the women who come seeking care may wait for a couple of hours but, CEO Patricio Gonzales said, “We do not turn away patients.” For his clients—most low-income and uninsured—waiting is worth it because the services are free.
Book review: 'A New Race of Men From Heaven' — Sightlines

Feb 15, 2023 | sightlinesmag.org | Julie Poole

From the beginning of Chaitali Sen’s short story collection, A New Race of Men From Heaven (Sarabande Books, 2023) simple pleasures ground characters in, what might otherwise be, the suffocating reality of everyday life. A lonely man takes pleasure in eating a well-executed puff pastry dish called chicken friand. A college department secretary, who can’t seem to retire, savors a cigarette amidst a deep conversation with her boss’s wife.