Spending Christmas With “dr. Doom”

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey, Mother Jones
Sun, 12/22/2024 - 4:00am

This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. I was 11 years old the year my older stepsister brought her high school boyfriend home for the first time. It was Thanksgiving 2006, and his Southern manners fit right in as we bantered between mouthfuls of cornbread stuffing, fried okra, and marshmallow-topped sweet potato casserole.

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