Crusading Mom

A shrill alarm wakes Roxie Malone-Richards every day around 4 a.m., indicating the machine that feeds her daughter is out of food. The machine pumps a mixture of milk and formula through a tube that runs into 7-month-old Jessie’s nostril, down her throat and into her stomach. Until recently, she had tubes in both nostrils: the second was attached to a ventilator, which helped... Read More

When the Canadian Dream Dies

Toronto Star >> CALGARY, ALBERTA – Two gangly men in their early 20s walk Calgary’s suburban streets carrying large plastic bags. Luis shakes a Coke can empty before chucking it in, then looks for another. It’s not what he and his cousin Pedro planned to do when they left Saltillo, a city of 600,000 in northeastern Mexico. They were told they would be able... Read More