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.

I May Never Have a Good Answer to the Age-Old Question, ‘Where Are You From?’

“Moving around a lot is hard. Then you have 10 places to not call home.”…

My First 100 Days as the New President/CEO of Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance

I joined Metro Dallas Homeless Alliance at the end of August and wow!! What a…

Across the Divides: How the Dialogue of Life Can Enrich All

Instant polarization is often the public reaction in this country to news events. This is…

Wake Up Elder America, It’s Time to Tell Doctors How You Need to Be Treated

When television and film actress Sarah Jessica Parker, who turns 57 in March, dared to…

Food Insecurity and Health

While the government focuses on the omicron variant and booster shots it is ignoring another…

Linguistic Identity & Hollywood: Hoping Spielberg and Sorkin got the Latinx accents Right

Two films were released today that bring to light stories that represent the Latino/x community…

Close Healthcare Gaps: Black Americans Need Black Healthcare Providers

My entire intermediate family, ages 30 – 79, is considered high risk in this pandemic.…

Rep. Matt Krause’s investigation is fueling the HIV epidemic.

This World AIDS Day, Texas state representative Matt Krause is hunting down books with information…

National Bomb Threats – from University Ambivalence to Community Investment

In early November, the United States watched as numerous bomb threats emptied buildings at prestigious…

Even after the Arbery Conviction, Black America Still has Nowhere to Run

At Thanksgiving dinner last week, my large family was gathered around the dining room table. …

I AM VIETNAMESE AMERICAN AND SICK AND TIRED OF LIVING WITH THE BURDEN OF BEING A MODEL MINORITY

My life as a Vietnamese American in America is nothing like what you see in…

Collective Memory for Queer and Trans Liberation

Sitting by my 95-year-old grandmother’s hospital bed, I listened in rapt attention as she told…

Why We Need The Annual Transgender Day of Awareness on November 20

Just like any traumatic experience, I can remember exactly where I was when the phone…

After Months Online, Students Struggle with Real Life

It’s midterm at universities across the United States, and students and teachers accustomed to three…

History shows Glenn Youngkin’s strategy may be a losing one

Fifty years ago, a Democratic candidate for mayor of Indianapolis hoped to win by stoking…