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The terror that comes with being poor, aging, disabled

By Jack Bragen on September 6, 2022
First-person   Opinion
Fear is a constant burden for people living in poverty, but it can also be a helpful guide.

The power of one’s voice as a nonviolent form of self-defense

By Jack Bragen on May 4, 2022
First-person   Opinion
Your voice can be a useful tool of self-defense when a situation begins to escalate, Bragen writes.

A government must—

By Jack Bragen on December 9, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
Jack Bragen reflects on the government's responsibility to protect its people.

Panic at the dollar store

By Jack Bragen on December 9, 2021
Arts and Culture   Fiction
Fiction about a trip to the dollar store gone wrong.

Emerging from psychosis is like a revelation

By Jack Bragen on November 8, 2021
First-person   Opinion
Jack Bragen writes about the experience of emerging from a period of psychosis, using his own experience as a guide.

Beneath the grass, the sprinklers, and the frogs

By Jack Bragen on October 5, 2021
Arts and Culture   Fiction
For cover, I inhabited the biggest of the frogs. But then I...realized that I was about to be eaten, too, and this would truly be my end.

Money can be used as a weapon

By Jack Bragen on September 6, 2021
Commentary   Opinion
Money brings power. While it doesn’t give power over oneself, it gives power over external conditions, events, and people.

There is not enough hope for older people with disabilities who are looking for work

By Jack Bragen on August 10, 2021
First-person   Opinion   YSA youth contributions
There are many causes of unemployability. Being disabled and older, and not having a college degree are near the top of the list.

The onset of schizophrenia: an inside perspective

By Jack Bragen on July 8, 2021
First-person   Opinion
The following is a narrative of the onset of schizophrenia, told from the perspective of the individual who is in the process of becoming ill.

What if I told you I could change reality right in front of you?

By Jack Bragen on February 11, 2021
Arts and Culture   Fiction   YSA youth contributions
Frederick Walford has been in treatment for "delusional thoughts" for years now. But what if I told you he has been misdiagnosed?

Natascha the sentient house cat

By Jack Bragen on December 2, 2020
Arts and Culture   Fiction   YSA youth contributions
Justin had what he wanted. Natascha was a one-year-old, female, Russian Blue cat, in near-perfect health. He had bought a pet hospital months before to avoid answering the questions of an adoption agency or county shelter.

People living with mental illness are not represented in politics

By Jack Bragen on November 3, 2020
Commentary   Opinion   YSA youth contributions
As an adult with mental illness and progressive values, my primary focus is not on national politics or getting Trump out of office. My main concern is about the treatment of people who live with mental illness and our lack of opportunities to better our conditions.
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