In Deaf culture, talking straight signifies strength and empowerment, which Hilary Whitmore express through her signing. Lauren McSherry highlights the life of Hilary Whitmore, a deaf teenager, who has to overcome communication barriers for people to completely understand her directness.
Issue 57-58, 2004

In Deaf culture, talking straight signifies strength and empowerment, which Hilary Whitmore express through her signing. Lauren McSherry highlights the life of Hilary Whitmore, a deaf teenager, who has to overcome communication barriers for people to completely understand her directness.

Benite Birkeland highlights the life of deaf individuals who have received cochlear implants, allowing them to hear sounds and speech. Birkeland discusses how the implants help with learning and how it affects deaf culture.

In Deaf culture, talking straight signifies strength and empowerment, which Hilary Whitmore express through her signing. Renee Armstrong captures the life of Hilary Whitmore, a deaf teenager, who has to overcome communication barriers for people to completely understand her directness.

Michelle Sheppard captures the daily activities and lives of students from Baxter School for the Deaf in Falmouth, Maine.

Two artists in the Penobscot Nation attempt to bring community together through an art project that integrates language, land, and time. Sean Edwin documents the work that James Francis and Dominic Polchies put into their New Moon Drum project.

A language spoken for 9000 years, the Passamaquoddy Tribe is in danger of losing their language forever. Gabe Grabin explores how an ancient language is at risk of being lost, and the efforts that elders of the Tribe are doing to prevent the disappearance.

Emily Eagle highlights the life of Daniella Runyambo, a refugee from the Congo, who grew up around political and ethnic violence. Eagle discusses how Runyambo was not allowed a voice in her country, but in the United States language has become a large part of her life.

Living in Portland from Guniea, West Africa, Namory Keita is a drumming instructor and drum-maker. Lindsey Kilbride profiles Keita's passion for drumming and having to adjust to life in the U.S.