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.

Let’s make our world safer; Let’s make our guns safer

I remember the first time my dad was robbed. I was 8 years old. My…

Dad doesn’t live in the best of times.

Dad coughed up a few small specks of blood one morning in late November. His…

Stop Romanticizing the Educational Experience

There’s been quite a bit of buzz about TV series that take a look at…

Reflections on Romania: A Nearby Culture Impacted By Crisis

The volatile crisis in Ukraine due to escalating Russian aggression is in constant flux with…

Four Buddhist virtues to renew love for our country, work, and fellow Americans in stressful times

Magha Puja, a Buddhist holiday two days after Valentine’s Day, honors the teachings of the…

PROFESSORS MUST BECOME MORE AWARE OF THEIR OWN GENDER IDENTITIES TO BETTER CONNECT WITH COLLEGE STUDENTS

As college students across the country return to class—either remotely or in person—many will be…

We are COVID’s collateral damage. And we are legion.

My father’s hand was softer than I expected – tender in a way that told…

260 Black Americans’ lives are lost every day. A culturally competent healthcare system could change that.

Last week, Bloomberg shared a report based on records from a medical center in Chicago…

Electricity for All is a Right

On a recent rainy afternoon, on the side of Nicaragua’s highest mountain, Cerro Mogotón, coffee…

Urban Farming leads to Climate Justice

“Nature teaches us harmony” “Just Transition is a principle, a process and a practice.” ~…

Will You Still Love Me When I’m 64?

Recently, in response to And Just Like That…, HBO Max’s Sex and the City reboot,…

Zora Neale Hurston was prescient on race

In 1953, almost a year after Brown v. Board of Education determined school segregation to be unconstitutional, Zora Neale…

Children Are Not Pets: Why A Narrow Understanding of Family Fails Humanity

“Don’t choose pets over children.” In a recent weekly address at the Vatican, Pope Francis said that…

The Surprising Truth Behind Surprise Medical Bills

If you have ever received an unexpected medical bill, it may be time to stop…

To ‘Build Back Better,’ We Must End Homelessness

Around the world, the COVID-19 pandemic has laid bare both the importance and scarcity of…