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.

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…

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…

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…

Why Anti-Racism Still Matters

With the country at the precipice of potentially electing the country’s first Black and South…

President Biden’s Chance to Spotlight Hidden Struggles of Stuttering on Awareness Day

With the end of his presidency fast approaching, there is no better time for President…

Confronting Bias & Fears: Why AI Is Both Promise and Peril for Educators

In November 2023, I was introduced to AI through my son, Brandon, the millennial who…

The Dangers of Erasing Black Voices

At the start of this school year, a white male student at Gettysburg College used a…

Keep (F***) your Thoughts and Prayers: A Letter from an Angry Student, Teacher, and Parent Trapped in a Lifetime of School Gun Violence

Another school shooting. Another atrocity. Another community traumatized by the deaths of children and those…

Bow and Submit: An Orthodox Lesson in Strength, Humility and Love

The “beautiful moment of sisterhood” at the 2024 Olympics last month expressed in the globally renowned…

We are losing the ability to be mindful. Here’s how classical music can help.

Whether we are teachers, performers, or CEOs, we all function less well when our audience…