Politics

Since Trump’s second inauguration, I’ve been in an anxious and depressive spiral. Trump’s executive orders, and many yet-to-be-enacted proposals outlined in Project 2025, personally affect me and my family. As the child of immigrants from China, I am not sure which I’m more afraid of: the ending of birthright citizenship, or the increase in Sinophobic rhetoric across the political landscape resulting in violence or death.

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…