When I first meet Jefferson he is tucked inside blankets inside a cardboard box inside a tent inside a field hospital in Haiti. I am one of hundreds of people who have come to Haiti to provide medical care in the aftermath of a devastating earthquake. Our team has delivered a lot of babies, and [...]

Haiti changed me. Being there—working in a field hospital and doing the best work of my life—changed me, altered my DNA, blurred the edges of everything I have ever known. I close my eyes here and there and think about my time there, think about everything I did, everything I saw, all the people living [...]

I get home from Haiti, sleep and rest and find my way to my favorite pub so I can drink my favorite beer. It is warm outside, and while I sit at the bar reading my magazine and drinking my Pilsner, I see a man walk through the door wearing a leather motorcycle jacket and [...]