Opinion: The Irish Americans Surrounding Trump Need To Remember Their People's History
The long saga of the Irish diaspora cannot end with us, of all people, being the ones to say that because you have suffered, you are not welcome.
Opinion: With This Statement, I Give Notice That Instagram Owns Your Soul
People posting a pseudo-legal declaration may believe they're in a two-way dialogue with the company. The opposite is true.
Opinion: Gen Z Will Be The New Greatest Generation
Seventy-five years ago, a generation found the clarity and resolve needed to save the world. Another generation of young people is now on track to do the same.
Opinion: I Walked Through The Desert To Make It To America. Then They Took Me To The Icebox.
Coming to a new country is like coming into a stranger’s home. At the US border, we are not treated like guests, and we're barely treated like humans.
Opinion: The Meat Industry Wants To Censor Your Veggie Burger
A new range of plant-based burgers are taking off among eaters and investors. In response, the meat industry is calling for censorship.
Opinion: Our Mass Shooting Culture Makes Me Constantly Worry When I'm In A Public Space
Over the years, my anxiety over mass shootings has become a sort of continual low-level hum. And I know that I'm not alone.
Opinion: To Save Journalism, Break Up Silicon Valley
Donald Trump makes no secret of his hatred for journalists, but his administration's investigation into the power of Big Tech is long overdue.
Opinion: Silicon Valley Is Giving Big Bucks To Mayor Pete
His persona fits neatly with Silicon Valley’s own political identity: outwardly progressive, but without much evident anger at the new American oligarchy.
Opinion: We Put ICE Detention Centers Into "Orange Is The New Black." Now I'm Heading Back To One.
I first visited an ICE detention facility so I could write it into the show. Then the show ended and I returned, alone, on a different kind of mission.
Opinion: Defend Ilhan Omar. But Don’t Look Away From The Things She’s Said.
I believe Ilhan Omar didn’t know that the things she said could be deeply offensive. I also believe her misguided rhetoric can normalize violent anti-Semitism.
Opinion: I Should Have Listened To My Grandma About American Racist Terrorism
Maybe there’s a big step between “send her back” and the world my grandmother remembered. Or maybe it’s not such a big step at all.
Opinion: An Impeachment Trial Would Take Away Trump's Control Of The News Cycle
If Donald Trump has to be acquitted, much better for it to come at the hands of a group of people as corrupted and partisan as the Senate Republicans.
Opinion: Ilhan Omar's Anti-Semitism Is Becoming A Load-Bearing Myth For American Politics
Just like hippies spitting on Vietnam veterans or welfare queens sipping champagne, Omar’s anti-Semitism has become a structural support beam for American politics.
Opinion: Working People Need A New Bill Of Rights. As President, I'll Make One.
Presidential candidate Bill de Blasio proposes a new set of guarantees for all American workers, including paid family and medical leave and two weeks of paid vacation.
Opinion: Killing Obamacare Could Turn Back The Clock On Genetic Testing
A revolutionary addition to modern medicine could be collateral damage in the Republican effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act.
Opinion: Cops Finally Found A Decent Use For Sex Trafficking Charges
Police and prosecutors love to use claims of "sex trafficking" to crack down on innocent sex workers. For once, though, they seem to be getting it right.
Opinion: Don’t Regulate Facial Recognition. Ban It.
We are on the verge of a nightmare era of mass surveillance by the state and private companies. It’s not too late to stop it.
Opinion: Surrogacy Is About Bodily Autonomy. Feminists Should Embrace It.
It’s clear that surrogacy is a women’s rights issue, at the heart of debates over bodily autonomy and choice.
She Left Canada To Tell Somalia’s Untold Stories. Terrorists Took Her Life
Hodan Nalayeh represented the best of the global Somali diaspora. She was also the model for a new kind of trailblazing international journalist.
Opinion: I Was In Juvenile Hall. Here's Why It Should Be Abolished.
Juvenile hall is a relic of the past: kids, mostly young people of color, put behind bars because government can’t figure out what else to do with us.