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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Three weeks ago, in New York City, as I rode the 4-5 train downtown, I was shoved, cursed at, and spun around by an angry young man. The altercation began when he moved my friend, a young woman new to the city, aside, and declared, “I am not going to get fucking stuck.” When he […]

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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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We’ve all heard the cliches about millennials, so there’s no need to recap the long list of reasons why my generation is a pack of self-entitled, narcissistic, little bastards who would sooner poke each other with selfie sticks and instasnap mean tweets about the President than do an honest day’s work. One of these arguments […]

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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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I hate to sound like a pessimist, but taking down statues that represent the Confederacy will do nothing to assuage America’s race problem. This is not to say that I believe that they should be kept erect; there are several reasons, which I’ll express, why they should be taken down; however, I am not sure […]

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To understand that white supremacy is as harmful to white Americans as it is to nonwhite Americans, you need look no further than the events in Charlottesville, Virginia, this past week. The white supremacists who descended upon the city, while seemingly finding strength in their numbers, appeared to be some of the most fearful, most […]

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Many have heard President Trump’s reaction to the domestic terrorism that occurred in Charlottesville, Virginia on August 12th. Many are also lambasting his reaction, claiming that it lacked sincerity and empathy. Many are enraged about his audacity to compare the white supremacists’ actions to the counter-protesters’. But, one of the most common censures was Trump’s […]

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During the 2008 presidential election, I was a high school student with very high hopes for my country, and was deeply inspired by the candidacy of Senator Obama. I was also naïve about Obama’s potential to be a reconciling figure, a healer of divides. Some ideas die hard; the American belief in the inherent unworthiness […]

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