I’m 32, and I haven’t worked a “real” (full-time) job since I was 23 and finished my two-year commitment with Teach for America. Since 2013, I’ve piecemealed together part-time jobs that include private tutor, substitute teacher, fitness instructor, story time program leader and freelance writer. For my generation, this trajectory isn’t unusual: 45% of all […]

The cost of not lowering child poverty is extreme.

The Second Amendment isn’t the problem.

And who wants to use sick days in January? You’ve got 11 more months ahead and might end up much sicker later on.

I recently surmised that in considering former President Donald Trump’s eligibility to run for office under the 14th Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court will seek a national solution that applies to all 50 states. That dictates a reversal of the Colorado Supreme Court’s disqualification of Trump for engaging in insurrection, on grounds that preclude other […]

No longer is racial terror the sole work of people in white hoods but inked in this nation’s history through legislators.

A trip into the labyrinthine system is no fun when our lives are on the line.