Kevin Patterson

Illustration of an alley in a city centre at night. The pink lights from a parked ambulance light up the surrounding buildings, while an abandoned shopping cart sits in the foreground.

December 2023 / Health

Why the Opioid Crisis Is Rooted in the Housing Crisis

November 27, 2023January 3, 2024 - by Kevin Patterson

A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions

An illustration of a person peeking through their fingers. Their eyeball is the shape of the COVID-19 germ (a small round microbe with protrusions that look like the spokes of a crown).

Health / May 2020

Anatomy of a Pandemic

March 11, 2020April 10, 2022 - by Kevin Patterson

Like major contagions throughout history, the new coronavirus causes fear as well as illness. The remedy for both, it turns out, is the same

December 2016 / Memoir

Geek Love

November 24, 2016April 2, 2020 - by Kevin Patterson

Growing up gay was tough for my twin brother. Dungeons & Dragons made life easier

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