| Nov 18, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyAsked why half the members of his cabinet are women, Justin Trudeau replied with three words that spoke volumes: “Because it’s 2015.” The nurturing father of three kids under 10 is a master of effortless statements that spread inclusiveness and tolerance. Four Sikhs...
| Aug 12, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyI grew up in an affluent corner of Loudoun County, Virginia, where the median household income is nearly $120,000. In September, I’ll be a junior at Harvard University. Coming from the richest county in the United States, where I graduated from a competitive magnet...
| Jun 3, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyFrom the television sets in our living rooms to our local movie theaters, diversity appears to be the new black. Fresh off the success of small-screen hits like Fox’s musical drama Empire, CW’s telenovela-inspired Jane the Virgin, and ABC’s...
| Feb 18, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyWhen an angry neighbor murdered three Muslim students in North Carolina, my Facebook feed lit up. Tragic, I thought, and I scrolled on. Then another post caught my eye. A Muslim friend cried out that the triple murder was a hate crime — and fumed that the news was...
| Apr 30, 2014 | Rights / DemocracyWhat a bittersweet 60th anniversary: On May 17, 1954, the Supreme Court’s landmark Brown v. Board of Education ruling declared “separate but equal” school systems inherently unconstitutional. After making great progress toward integrating public...
