Pretty excited about this: I’m a Featured Poet in the Spring/Summer issue of the Aurorean, an outstanding poetry journal from Maine. The three poems of mine in this issue are actually pretty old — they’re from my Worcester days, and two are about Worcester — and I’m humbled by all the incredible talent I’m sharing a journal with. Click here to buy the issue. Continue reading Poetry featured in the Aurorean
Since leaving journalism, I’ve been an active advocate for various social causes, including transportation justice. If you’re unfamiliar with this term, it refers to the fact that governments make driving (which is inherently dangerous to our health and our environment, but favored by wealthier people) cheaper and more accessible, at the expense of public transportation, whose users tend to be lower-income. In the Boston area, … Continue reading Transportation justice testimony featured in Boston news outlets
In March, I moved from Anchorage, Alaska, to West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, and my dog and I drove across Canada and the U.S. to get here. It’s the third time I’ve done this drive, but this time I bought a dash cam to record the whole thing. Here’s the time-lapse video of my 12-day, 5,000-mile drive: Continue reading Time Lapse: Alaska to Cape Cod
Alaska has the highest gun death rate in the nation. This is an infographic breakdown of who, where, why and more, published by the Alaska Dispatch News in March 2016. It was the ADN’s first digital infographic. See the full infographic here. Continue reading Alaska: Gun death capital of the US
This Portland Press Herald story exposed the Portland city government’s practice of requiring property owners to clear the sidewalks adjacent to their properties while not clearing the ones adjacent to its own properties, leaving them dangerously slippery. It includes an interactive map showing the city properties that residents had complained about. Read the full story here. Continue reading Portland can fine you for not clearing your sidewalk. So why are the city-owned ones so icy?
Egan Millard 