Expressway to Disease
UPDATE: 2/2/2017 I just discovered that John Lee passed away from a heroin overdose last week. John was a good guy and someone that I will miss. R.I.P John… “Who knows what I’ve injected into my body,” said heroin addict…
Documenting the Human Experience
UPDATE: 2/2/2017 I just discovered that John Lee passed away from a heroin overdose last week. John was a good guy and someone that I will miss. R.I.P John… “Who knows what I’ve injected into my body,” said heroin addict…
I looked at John Lee as he plunged a needle deep into his groin, and I said, “you know John, there are only two endings to this story; one where you get clean and straighten out your life, and another…
“I’ve experienced a lot of hurt, a lot of pain, a lot of people have ripped me off. I’ve seen a lot of things in this drug life, things most people never see – the whole underside of the World.…
It happens to many men, and I think doctors have memorized the litany. It had happened to so many of my friends. The lecture ends, ” slow down, you’re not as young as you once were.” And I had seen…
I thanked Johnnie Two Time for his hospitality before pulling out of the Feral City and setting off down the Morrison Highway (I-10) towards that great state of Texas. The sun had just broken through as I headed out of…
On Saturday, August 9, 2014, in Ferguson, MO, 18 year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by Ferguson, MO police officer, Darren Wilson. On that tragic Saturday afternoon, reports began to come in that a young unarmed black man…
I made my rounds through the Loop last night looking for any street people that could use a sheet of plastic. I brought a dozen sheets of 9′ X 12′ plastic for folks to use in building temporary shelters. Sparks…