Rahawa Haile

Rahawa Haile is an Eritrean American writer from Miami, Florida. Her work covers arts & culture, borders, and the outdoors. In Open Country, her blended memoir about the Appalachian Trail and the politics of free movement in the US, is forthcoming.

15 articles (Page 2)

A woman with long brown hair sits at a desk, painting. She is wearing jeans and blue striped socks.

Life

Local Woman Has Hobby: Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Pigeon Paintings

“Everything that we think is disgusting about human life, pigeons wear without shame.”

Rahawa Haile Jan 7, 2026

A spin on Zohran Mamdani’s campaign ads showing this site’s cartoon COYOTE, photoshopped with Aretha’s hat on its head, in front of the words “CONGRATS NEW YORK CITY.”

Power

Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Proof We Don’t Have to Settle for Newsom 2028

The Bushwick bisexuals have it! We can ask for so much more, and at COYOTE we plan to.

Soleil Ho, Reo Eveleth, Rahawa Haile Nov 4, 2025

A low-angle close-up of Megalodon, a gray and blue Monster truck in the shape of a shark, fin and all.

Culture

The Best $20 I Spent This Year Was at Monster Jam’s Pit Party in Oakland

Times are tough. ‘Freestyle Mania’ bent them into the shape of a balloon animal for one glorious afternoon.

Rahawa Haile Oct 30, 2025

An Oakland Photographer Surveils the Surveillance State

Yap Zone: The September 11 Artifacts Playlist

I Watched the Planes Fly Past My Classroom Window. Then Came 25 Years of Grievance

Local Woman Has Hobby: Maggie Tokuda-Hall’s Pigeon Paintings

Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Proof We Don’t Have to Settle for Newsom 2028

The Best $20 I Spent This Year Was at Monster Jam’s Pit Party in Oakland