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In his farewell address, President Joe Biden delivered a stark warning about the dangerous power of the ultra-wealthy, a class that has cemented its status by perpetuating poverty. This systemic inequality, designed to protect the interests of the few, disproportionately impacts Black women.  The economic reality for Black women is dire. Black women earn just 64 […]

Trump’s first term ushered in an era of anti-Asian discrimination in academia, marked by the infamous China Initiative, which wrongfully accused hundreds of wrongful accusations and destroyed the careers and sometimes lives of Chinese professors and scientists in America.  The stage is already set for a new and even more damaging anti-China push, and Asian-American, […]

I never thought I would end up condemning the use of autocorrect functions when producing written communications. They were always just there, morphing and modifying as word processing platforms and texting software evolved and became available for general use. However, recently I have felt that these functions are starting to intrude and indeed trespass over […]

Imagine being a child who is sound asleep in your Los Angeles home and you wake to your mother screaming, “Get out of the house and call 911!” You hear the cracking of glass and chaos all around you and you’re afraid there may be a fire in your house and flames will confront you. […]

The excitement of discovering a book that speaks directly to your life is a rare and powerful experience. It’s a moment of connection, a chance to see your story reflected and validated in ways that few other experiences can offer. And now, that experience is in danger of extinction. Less than a week into Donald […]

In a recent meeting with conservation experts in London, the complexities and far-reaching implications of international wildlife trade became strikingly evident. The conversation centered on New York State’s proposed Big Five African Trophies Act (Assembly Bill A1616), which was introduced by Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal and co-sponsored by Assemblymembers Jo Anne Simon, Patrick Burke, Jessica González-Rojas, Dana Levenberg, Steve Stern, Anna Kelles, […]

  It sounds SO good in writing. I want to have less clutter. This year, I will buy less stuff. Don’t buy storage items, have fewer things. Ann Patchett wrote a famous NYT essay on how she spent a year not going shopping. Marie Kondo tells us to stop buying storage containers to organize your life, and […]

President Donald Trump has ushered in a new era of deregulation and commitment to free-market capitalism that promises to bolster the nation’s economic outlook. In doing so, it is crucial that the administration prioritize the central pillar of healthy market economies—fair competition—by preventing corporate behemoths from wielding outsized control over entire industries. Perhaps no sector […]

Today marks the National Day of Racial Healing, a reminder for many to reflect on the progress and challenges in the fight for racial equity and social justice in our nation. But this day of reflection alone cannot heal the scars that Black women face in a healthcare system that often leaves them behind. In the Emergency […]

There are decades where nothing happens and there are weeks where decades happen, as I think some dead Russian philosopher once said. We’ve gotten a lot of those decade-weeks in the first three decades of the 21st century in the U.S. 9/11. Katrina. The first two weeks to flatten the curve. Natural disasters and mass […]