GEN: You wrote a number of op-eds criticizing your own party, including one shortly after the…
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The Loaded Decision of Buying a Gun
Once again, I was thinking about buying a gun to cope with the possibility of having…
Continue ReadingLaTosha Brown Is Only Getting Started
The Black Voters Matter co-founder is organizing voters ahead of Georgia’s Senate runoffs, but her work…
Continue ReadingThe Rise of the Class-Conscious Cinderella
With ‘The Crown’ we have a story about a young woman battling depraved aristocrats — and…
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Should Be Paying Parents to Stay Home
Not just during the pandemic, but forever. One of the great ironies of being a mother in…
Continue ReadingMy Mama Hasn’t Spoken in Two Years, But I Want her to Know Trump Lost
Racism robs black women like her while uplifting selfish men like Trump. I wish I could hear…
Continue ReadingWhat Will White Women Do?
Seeking power for its own sake leads to a pecking order, not progress. In my group texts…
Continue ReadingBlack Property Ownership Has Always Been a Myth in This Country
In the early 1800s in New York, political enfranchisement for freed Black people was directly determined…
Continue ReadingWe All Deserve Equal Access to Healthcare
I was close to 30 years old by the time I completed my medical training. My…
Continue Reading‘We Know That All Schools and Pathways Are Not Created Equal in Our Country’
Since childhood, I’ve been drawn to leadership roles and public service. My first job after college…
Continue ReadingThe Pandemic Isn’t Forcing Moms Out of the Workforce
Let’s be crystal clear about why working mothers are suffering. On Wednesday, the Washington Post published a…
Continue ReadingAmerica’s Abuse of Migrant Children Will Have Centurieslong Consequences
GEN: Why did you write Separated? Jacob Soboroff: I saw this take place in real time.…
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