COVID19 has presented challenge after challenge. (And let’s not forget that our ever-more evil POTUS knew about its threat and had options to minimize its impact, but chose to ignore them.) For a blog post here, I wanted to briefly… Read More ›
politics
The Democratic Party Talks About Race By Not Talking About Race
Good morning, my latest article “The Democratic Party Talks About Race By Not Talking About Race” is now live at Talking Points Memo. This is also my debut publication at TPM. Please check out the post. Like, comment, and share! You can… Read More ›
I asked people why they don’t vote, and this is what they told me
Good morning! My latest publication –“I asked people why they don’t vote, and this is what they told me”– is now live and can be found here at The Conversation. These important issues touch on disability, on labor, on immigration, and on the… Read More ›
The Problem with a Year of Celebrating the 19th Amendment
My latest publication (and my debut in the Washington Post) is out! Please enjoy my article — The Problem with a Year of Celebrating the 19th Amendment — about the little-known and complicated true story of women’s voting rights in the… Read More ›
Beto’s War Tax is Wrong (A Once Lost OpEd)
Back in June, I wrote the following article, intended to be an OpEd in a major publication but something happened, and I forgot about it until now. I’m sharing it here, as is, so the writing doesn’t go to “waste”! … Read More ›
What’s Happening at NBC Entertainment?
NBC Entertainment currently has a number of high-quality, status-quo-challenging programs. As previously written, in its twenty-first season now, Law and Order: Special Victims Unit brings attention to the systemic problem that is sexual violence. In contrast to rhetoric spoken and… Read More ›
Waiting Room Conversations
I just wanted to make a brief post about an interesting waiting room conversation I overheard while at M.D. Anderson recently. An older White man was talking with another older White man and said: Trump has done what he can… Read More ›
7th Annual 4th of July Reflection [Video]
Chase Holfelder’s minor key rendition of “America the Beautiful,” with its eerie vibe and with its–by my reading–announcement of the United States’s hypocrisy, inspired my video. Holfelder’s song plays in the background, while a slideshow of images from the internet… Read More ›
