On June 21, Melania Trump was spotted wearing a drab green jacket, displaying text that wasn’t so drab: “I really don’t care, do u?” Her seemingly innocuous jacket created a buzz on cyberspace, not because it wasn’t fabulous but because she wore it while visiting detained immigrant children at the border. Of course, the liberal […]

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I had been wanting to write about immigration for a while now, but everytime I sat in front of my laptop, I came up short. I knew my angle would criticize the way our government is handling the situation, but my frozen fingers were a result of a something else: I wasn’t sure exactly what […]

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Ask your average American what they think of politicians, and you’ll hear expletive-laced exasperation, even contempt, in reply. I don’t share this sentiment. I admire good politicians. I have worked for a good politician. I respect politics as a vocation. But one look at Paul Ryan, and even I am overcome by sadness. April 11th, […]

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In a recent twitter attack, President Trump has accused Amazon of causing loss to the United States Postal Service. This is not the first time Trump has attacked Amazon, blaming the company for having a terrible effect on the U.S. economy. Trump is now claiming that Amazon is not paying enough state and local taxes. […]

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On Saturday, March 24th, 2018, hundreds of thousands of demonstrators took to the streets in major cities across the U.S. to call for stricter gun laws. The event was organized by students and survivors of the Parkland School shooting, where a shooter left 17 dead and a nation in mourning, once again. After the unprecedented […]

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This past October, with our children, my husband and I visited Israel, his homeland. We had been planning this trip since the conception of our relationship. It was one of the few non-negotiables of being in a relationship with him (kidding, but not). I was initially opposed to the idea because of the perception of […]

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In the wake of the mass shooting in Las Vegas—the deadliest in modern American history—the obvious must be stated: this happens nowhere else. And even as we allow ourselves the time to reflect on the senseless loss of life, and as we pray for those who have lost loved ones, and reflect on the incomprehensibility […]

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It seems the palava surrounding the question of whether or not Barack Obama did his due for black folks during his presidency has resurfaced. Was he truly for the people, or was he more concerned with preserving his legacy? While I wouldn’t say that the latter was his sole objective, I also don’t believe that […]

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Hillary Clinton has reemerged on the national scene to typically polarized reactions. For my part, I’ve been glad to see her. I have always thought she was brilliant, my criticisms of her notwithstanding. And since she’s begun her book tour, she’s been honest, funny, defiant, somewhat petty (particularly regarding Bernie Sanders), pissed off, hopeful: in […]

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In recent weeks, there have been signs that some members of the Republican establishment are willing to hold our increasingly reckless and vindictive president in check. I am particularly thinking of the two senators from Arizona, for whom the president has shown a special disdain. On July 31, Senator Jeff Flake published an op-ed in […]

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