Searching for Sustainable Safety, On School Campuses and Beyond
Everyone in our community deserves to feel safe. Hear some from students at UNLV as they describe how they feel safe on their campus.
When Leaders Erase Black History, Their Foot Soldiers Erase Black Lives
DeSantis and other Florida Republicans didn’t pull the trigger that killed three people in Jacksonville, but their rhetoric and policies created an environment that made it possible.
GOP Disinformation Campaigns are Pushing Revisionist Black History, While Social Media Tries to Fill in the Gaps
If we let Republicans in Florida and Georgia have their way, our children will have nowhere to turn for meaningful and truthful lessons on our history.
The Youth Wave — Not a Red One — Dominated the 2022 Midterm Elections
The next generation is going to make a difference. This gives me hope for the future and my state of New Mexico.
Georgia’s Unsafe Gun Laws Shut Down Annual Music Festival
A new open carry law on public land forced the cancellation of the Music Midtown Festival this year. But the dangerous bill is likely to have much worse casualties than a concert.
Deborah Coffy
Deborah Coffy (they/she) is a Black Gen-Z Haitian-American writer & researcher born in the Atlanta area, raised in the Pittsburgh area, and currently resides in Orlando, Florida. They are a…
Lean in to solve the housing crisis
As a kid growing up in Southern California in the 70’s and 80’s I was aware that there were homeless people. At that time, it seemed like a small group…
My first time using a food pantry—One moms story
This past holiday season was the first after my mid-spring divorce, and also the first time my children and I ate from a food pantry said Cynthia—the woman who wishes…
We need policies that harness the vital roles of community colleges
Our world has an increasing reliance on new, ever-changing technology that requires workers to have near-constant flexibility to upgrade, retrain, and retool their skills. It’s estimated that millions of ‘middle-skill…
I Am Not Your Woman of Color
I work in progressive politics and I have dedicated my relatively short career to amplifying marginalized voices. Yet, sometimes when I am labeled with vague terms like “woman of color,”…