| Dec 20, 2017 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis weekend in San Diego and Tijuana, I gathered with hundreds at Friendship Park, which spans both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. We came together for the 24th annual Posada Without Borders, to remember those who lost their lives crossing the border, and to call...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe defeat of Roy Moore in the Alabama senate race tells us something about voters. Women — especially black women — made the difference. Some 57 percent of Alabamian women voted against Moore, while 56 percent of mostly white men stuck with him. That also tells us...
| Dec 13, 2017 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyMy identity was stolen this year. The perpetrator didn’t open credit cards in my name or gain access to my finances. Instead, they used my name to submit a comment to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in support of repealing net neutrality rules. Those...
| | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyTwo months after experiencing the devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake that hit Haiti in January 2010, my dad finally made it back home to Boston. What had started as a holiday vacation turned into weeks of sleeping outside the family home in Haiti, fearful that it...
| | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOur national debate about sexual harassment and assault seems to be missing a bit of nuance. As a woman who’s been sexually harassed and assaulted many times, here’s how I see it. Sexual predators aren’t the same as pigs. Roy Moore is a predator. His...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyFree and open access to the internet is a virtuous democratic principle known as “net neutrality.” It means that it doesn’t matter if you’re a brand-name corporation or an unknown start-up, a billionaire or a poverty-wage laborer — you’re entitled to...
