Opinion

The Emergency Department: America’s Patchwork Safety Net Is Fraying

It’s 3 a.m. in the emergency department (ED), and an elderly homeless man sits quietly…

Productivity Culture Nearly Killed Me and My Baby

On a warmer-than-usual December evening 2.5 years ago, I went into premature labor at 24…

Seven Steps forward for NPP in Sri Lanka

I’m Ananda P. Dasanayake from New York City. I left Sri Lanka in 1987 but…

“Moving at the Speed of Trust”? Course Correction Needed

Ever since the publication of Steven M.R. Covey’s book The Speed of Trust in 2006,…

Invest in Indigenous Solutions in the Global South to Combat Climate Change Crisis

“It is time to deliver…the sound you hear is the ticking clock. We are in…

The Body Politic: When Bodies Remember What Ballots Can’t Tell

What Trauma Teaches Us About Post-Election America

Call To Action: Urgent Need For Youth Advocacy in Justice System

Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court of The United States’ In re Gault case declared that youth…

Scrubbing Climate Change from Existence Won’t Save Us

Roughly eight years ago, I received a strange call from a national lab where I…

Performing complicity

I was reading Navalny’s new memoir “Patriot” while flying to New York to see the…

Latino voters deserve respect

Latino voters, particularly Puerto Rican voters, can make all the difference in swing states like Pennsylvania. As the saying goes, “su voto es su voz” or “your vote is your voice.”

Access to science education and safe living environments for all are my goals. Ted Cruz came for me.

It was just before 10 p.m. as I fumbled for my car key in the…

Let’s celebrate the 25th anniversary of 911 hotline by making EMS essential

Twenty-five years ago, 911 became the national number for emergencies. Today, it covers 96% of the geographic United…

“Enemies Within”: Trump’s Anti-Immigration and Authoritarian Rhetoric

It’s almost Halloween and, this year, I have already been given a real fright. Former…

Empowering Women in Leadership: How to Transform Our Culture to Accept Women Leaders

As a young girl living in the New Jersey suburbs in the 1990s, I ran…

Feminism Owes Us Intersectionality in this Year’s Presidential Election

A meaningful display of intersectionality took place during the women’s NCAA basketball finals and WNBA…