Public Voices
The OpEd Project’s Public Voices Fellowship is a national initiative to dramatically increase the public impact of our nation’s top underrepresented thinkers, and to ensure our ideas help shape the important conversations of our age.
As the Oscars approach, controversy surrounds Karla Gascón, the first openly trans actress to be…
Inequality and privilege continue to be an American reality. Policies and initiatives to maintain and…
There’s a certain irony in Feb. 21 serving as International Mother Language Day even as the heritage—and…
As we step into a tumultuous four years ahead, many of us are making resolutions…
In the 90s, I was labeled a “welfare queen.” I wish I could say they…
Immigration is top of mind for Americans, as President Trump began cracking down on border…
It is a natural instinct as the New Year approaches to look back in time…
It’s 3 a.m. in the emergency department (ED), and an elderly homeless man sits quietly…
On a warmer-than-usual December evening 2.5 years ago, I went into premature labor at 24…
As the temperatures dipped below freezing in Chicago, my family and I braved the cold…
I’m Ananda P. Dasanayake from New York City. I left Sri Lanka in 1987 but…
“It is time to deliver…the sound you hear is the ticking clock. We are in…
Fifty years ago, the Supreme Court of The United States’ In re Gault case declared that youth…
Roughly eight years ago, I received a strange call from a national lab where I…
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…
