To do so, we must first care about women I’ve not been watching the confirmation hearings because I’ve had my share of it back in the 1990s when I was first exposed to the double excoriation of Anita Hill during the Clarence Thomas hearings, where Senate Republicans weaponized both race and gender against her to secure…
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One hour before Tuesday’s Presidential Debate, my phone started pinging with texts in anticipation. It didn’t take long before these exchanges started making me feel anxious and agitated — the same feeling of dread that I get when I know I will be seeing my abuser — during one of his visits with our son or the night before…
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Earlier this week, the Supreme Court issues a 5–4 ruling in the Husted v. A. Philip Randolph Institute case that allowed Ohio to continue its practice of purging voter rolls for voters who were deemed “ineligible” by virtue of non-voting or not responding. So, for example, if you fail to vote in a federal election…
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When I woke up this morning, I found this great tweet that summed it up perfectly — America is in an abusive relationship with her ‘president.’ I’ve been saying this since the election. I’m sure we can all remember what we were doing that night — November 8, 2016 — and how we felt the next morning. For me, that grim…
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Original German comment cropped out By now, many of you have probably seen the above photo which has been circulating for several hours already, posted on Germany Chancellor, Angela Merkel’s Instagram account. World leaders gathered in Quebec for the summit. The original caption in German vaguely referenced the spontaneous nature of this meeting, but not the…
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