We can learn from past mistakes. We can stop operating out of sheer ego-protection and fear. We can choose to not preference the making...

Every day it’s one more thing. Sometimes several things at a time. Fire. Flooding. Death. Disease. Poverty. Injustice. Corruption....

From safer shores we watch the torch’s flame America, your grace was ever fraught. Founded on blood and genocide and greed. America,...

“The top 10% of families own 75.3% of the nation’s wealth. The bottom half of families own 1.1% of it. The families squished in between...

Regrets. Sorrow. Anger. Pain. And Breath. An inhalation that tells us this moment, right now, is new. Heraclitus said, “You can’t step in...

Among her things were some photographs from my father. Photos from his enlisted days. World War Two. Men on military equipment. Men...

– Tananarive Due Baby steps are hard. But they are deeply important to take. A friend asked recently if I was feeling extra anxiety...

Sexism is real. As a gender-nonconforming, female-presenting person living in the US, I know this. I’ve seen it time and time again,...

People complied. Now, I wasn’t there, so perhaps some of them questioned what was happening, but as far as I know, every person showed...

How to live in late capitalism, in the midst of climate change, political upheaval, and the fading of empire? Say fuck you. Say bless...

I started writing a different piece this month. Halfway through an essay on how everyday racism bubbles up among good people, I stopped....

“We have all known the long loneliness and we have learned that the only solution is love and that love comes with community.” – Dorothy...