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.

An unintended consequence of ending affirmative action: less faculty diversity

Aminah loves being an undergraduate student in the Ivy League and finds the curriculum incredibly…

Looking at Sri Lanka while being on a global tour

This semester, I am on sabbatical. Seven years after my last trip to NZ, I…

Back To School? Working Moms Feel Brunt of Pressure

It is back-to-school season, but for many mamas, it’s way more than that. It’s pressure.…

Did Breastfeeding Hurt My Baby? How Regulations on Harmful Chemicals Can Help

Like so many expectant mothers, when I was pregnant with my son three years ago,…

Employees Need More Remote Work Options and Workplace Transparency, Not Return To Office Mandates

A study from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York found that most bosses are not…

A Way To Ensure The Future: The Dangers of Reducing ESG to Environmentalism Only

As summer ends and we reflect on world-wide heatwaves, a bevy of natural disasters, and…

Our country is obsessed with violent rhetoric. The environmental movement doesn’t have to be.

Recently, a brawl broke out in Montgomery, Alabama – a racialized fight between black and…

Social Media is Rampant with Fossil Fuel Greenwashing Advertisements

With near-universal social media use by America’s young people, these apps and sites introduce profound…

Open Your Eyes: Bias is Real

With affirmative action struck down by the Supreme Court several weeks ago, focus has shifted…

All In? Why We Need To Shift From Racial Innocence Bias to Inclusion

As I sat in the airport terminal waiting for my recent flight home to Puerto…

Sri Lanka Up-Close and Personal

As someone who would like to create the world we want to live in, I…

Unless used solar panels are safely disposed, we are heading towards another environmental disaster

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now supporting the expansion of community solar.  This move…

The Model Minority Myth: Weapons Formed Against Us Are Prospering

On May 30th, Rick Chow, a South Carolina gas station owner, appeared in court for the…

Misogyny is Fatal: Abortion Bans & Maternal Mortality

Last weekend marked the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs legislation that overturned Roe v. Wade, severely limiting access to…

Call for Social Sustainability: Reverse Impact of Oak Cliff Historic Disinvestment

When traveling the I-35 on the way to or from work, many Dallas residents may…