Writing
Everything I've written from and about Cuba and Cubans — dispatches on this site and pieces published elsewhere.
Heading Back to Cuba
Next trip: arriving Havana September 20, 2026. Attacked and robbed in Vedado in June — the blockade's desperation, made real. Cuba needs solidarity now more than ever.
Read →Cuba's Caregiving Despite the Blockade
While the US blockades all energy to the island, Cuba targets cures — lung cancer, diabetes, COVID vaccines, dementia, Parkinson's.
Read →Cuba's Miracle Breakthrough for Alzheimer's Amidst the Genocidal Oil Blockade
Part two: riding across Havana with ICAP to the Center for Molecular Immunology.
Read →Cuba's Miracle Breakthrough for Alzheimer's Amidst the Genocidal Oil Blockade
Eight and a half years as my mother's caregiver through vascular dementia, and what Cuba's Alzheimer's research means under the blockade.
Read →Torn dollar bills, Palestine, and Lightning in Cuba
There is no internationalism without solidarity in real time.
Read →My Family, the Human Family and Cuba
Recent reflections.
Read →How Cuba Shaped and Shapes Me
Older writing that explains my general perspective on Cuba.
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