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Finding Pride and Fighting Prejudice
Pride Month is about fighting for the simple right to live as you are and love who you love without fear.
Being Separated From My Child Nearly Destroyed Me
Lives need to come before law, especially when a law is unjust.
Celebrating the End of Slavery — With One Big Asterisk
Juneteenth marks the end of slavery in America. But with over 2 million of us behind bars, has it really ended — or just transformed?
We Subsidize the Wrong Kind of Agriculture
We should be supporting the small farmers who sell at farmers markets, not the corporate giants that hurt our health and environment.
Your ‘Law and Order’ Candidate…
… And your unlawful, disorderly president.
Big Oil’s Man in Foreign Policy
The Koch brothers are really getting their money’s worth from Trump’s secretary of state.
Immigrant Kids Are Suffering Trauma That Will Last Years
I know firsthand how childhood trauma follows you your whole life. What’s happening to kids on the border is even worse.
Why We Still Need Pride Parades
Pride parades are safe spaces in a country where LGBTQ people can be harassed, fired, and denied housing or even medical care.
Trumpatriotism
American symbols? Sacred! American values? Eh.
Is Trump Giving Amazon the Postal Service?
Trump wanted to use the Postal Service to hit back at Amazon, but he may end up doing the opposite.