| Feb 6, 2019 | Environment / HealthA few weeks ago, some friends and I planned to meet up for drinks. One person was cagey about what time she was available to hang out that evening, and another said nothing at all — and then didn’t join. Ultimately it turned out the former had an appointment for...
| Jul 23, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe recent images of immigrant children in cages are incredibly painful to digest. Still, many people seem to forget that the U.S. has a long track record of forcibly separating families, whether it was African Americans during slavery, the Japanese during World War...
| Jul 11, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyThis month, I’m attending my first LGBT Pride as an openly queer woman. It’s a strangely emotional experience. Until last year, I thought I was straight. Because I always had gay friends, and because I’m open-minded, and because I’m a...
| Jul 3, 2018 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe news hurts. I can’t handle watching it because it hurts. I can’t deal with seeing Facebook posts about it. I can’t even hear jokes about it from Stephen Colbert. It’s not funny. It just hurts. Sometimes I think it would hurt less if I were...
| Jun 20, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLet’s be clear about something: Separating children from families, as the Trump regime is doing to undocumented immigrants, isn’t just cruel. It’s going to cause irreparable damage to the children involved — and probably to the parents too. The...
