The Human Cost of Big Tech’s Cosmic Dreams
Imagine looking up at the night sky and noticing new constellations, only to find out they are made up of data centers. This may sound like science fiction, but Google has announced plans to make…
Why Hijab Bans Aren’t Freedom; They’re Control
European governments believe that by banning the hijab, they are saving Muslim women from repression and backwards religious practices. But in reality, they are taking away their freedom of expression. The hijab, a head covering…
1955-2014: The Rope, the River, the Playground — the Children America Refuses to Protect
In honor of Tamir Rice’s 23rd birthday On a cold November afternoon in 2014, the world ended for a 12-year-old Black boy on a Cleveland playground. His name was Tamir Elijah Rice. A child. A…
Healthy Start cuts' impact to Black maternal health
Twelve days after the birth of my youngest son, my wife and I woke up at 2 a.m. in a pool of her blood. Under normal circumstances, a person would have likely traveled straight to…
Vaccines don't cause autism. Here's what does.
“And they pump so much stuff into those beautiful little babies, it’s a disgrace. I don’t see it. I think it’s very bad. They’re pumping — it looks like they’re pumping into a horse. You…
The Island with No Name
Let us imagine a place in the Caribbean that does not appear on commercial maps — a private island that exists only for those who never learned what the word no means. In this hypothetical…
The Lives of Missing Black Women Demand more than Hashtags
More than a third of the 271,493 girls and women reported missing in 2022 were Black, even though Black women and girls comprise only around 14 percent of the U.S. female population, according to federal…
Few places on Earth are free of harmful chemicals
Few places on Earth are free from harmful chemicals. Recently, researchers found toxic levels of heavy metals in low-level clouds over the Eastern Himalayas. This area was once pollution-free. Toxic chemical pollution is a global…
It Can’t Happen Again – SNAP Feeds Our Babies
During the last 54 days of political bickering, the families of some 16 million children worried about having enough food to eat as federal food stamp payments, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, stopped on November 1st. The deal…