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.

Every day is Groundhog Day in the humanities

This time of year, a lot of people watch, or re-watch, the 1993 film Groundhog Day. TV…

Supporting Black Entrepreneurship, Leveling the Playing Field

California recently passed a Bill requiring venture capital (VC) firms to disclose diversity data about their portfolio…

Why Racial Healing Is A Must for Everyone

Last week, we honored Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and National Day of Racial…

Christina Applegate’s Emmy’s appearance is an invitation to bring disability to the forefront in more spaces

Christina Applegate’s Emmy appearance, wherein she walked onstage using a cane and spoke openly about…

New Year Goals: Updating Perception and Recognition of Pharmacists

“I have an appointment with my insulin doctor.” “I’m seeing my pharmacologist today.” My patients…

Dialectical Thinking, Love Ethics, and Enduring a Strike

The climate at California State Universities is uneasy. Collective bargaining negotiations between the California Faculty…

Strong Enough: Respect The Physical Space of Black Women

Black women have been subjected to unfair scrutiny in multiple spaces for too long. Physical limitations are often imposed on women of color based on societal biases and…

Charity begins at home

Members of Congress just agreed to spend nearly 95 million dollars in humanitarian relief to victims of…

The language of humanity

It was the spring of 1978, I had just finished kindergarten and our family went…

We need more physicians in community organizing.

As a physician-in-training, I’m always looking for ways to help our systems operate more like…

Unfair “Fair” Housing Act Requires Reform

On November 8th, 2018, the Camp Fire sparked flames that eventually burned the majority of the…

Imposter Syndrome, Like the “Strong Black Woman” Trope, Hurts Us.

Imposter Syndrome (IS), is a term initially meant to deconstruct erroneous feelings of inadequacy, often…

Unwelcome Here: Why My Immigration Story Fuels Anger of Exclusion

I immigrated with my mother and two sisters to the United States in the fall…

When the abuser wears a mask

Not long ago, the actor Jonathan Majors was found guilty of misdemeanor assault and harassment for his treatment…

Ending fossil fuels is a testament to faith

This month, Christians like me celebrate Advent, when we joyfully await Christmas. During this season,…