Mikka Macdonald
Bio: Mikka Macdonald is a writer who focuses on social justice issues. She is a communications professional in Washington, D.C. who has worked on twelve state and local political campaigns. She recently published an academic article in the Princeton Journal of Asian American Studies (Unfound), in which she examined the personal consequences of American public policy on Japanese Americans during World War II through her family’s experiences. Her writing has also appeared on AspenInstitute.org and DCist.com.
If Trump succeeds in destroying our health care, protections for millions of people with pre-existing conditions could disappear
President Donald Trump has defined his time in office in opposition to people who work for a living. Time and time again, the American people have watched him turn his […]
Read MoreWe demand access to affordable health care
The Republican Party has made it its mission to attack the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and protections for people with pre-existing conditions. They have tried — and failed — to […]
Read MoreI 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,” […]
Read MoreWe Must Treat Climate Change as a Racial Justice Issue
The climate is warming—and Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian American communities continue to bear an outsized share of the burden caused by global warming. The regions with the most cancer-related […]
Read MoreThe case for D.C. statehood is really about voting rights
time for a change and reforms to our democracy so that we are truly by and for the people. The case for D.C. statehood is part of that charge and with more and more people leaning into the fight we might just get the change we need.
Read MoreWe are reliving one of America’s darkest moments by detaining immigrant children in former Japanese American Internment Camps
When I first learned about how my grandparents were imprisoned in WWII’s Japanese American Internment Camps, I was embarrassed, hurt, and unwilling to accept history as truth. Now ,as President […]
Read MoreBlack Mothers Shouldn’t Have to Risk Death to Start A Family
The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently released a study concluding that the rate of maternal mortality for mothers of color is rising — and that pregnant people […]
Read MoreOur Vote is Our Power: Why Every Voter Matters
Voter turnout is one of the most powerful tools to measure the health of democracy because it relays how much trust voters have in the system that elects the people […]
Read MoreOur Vote is Our Power: A Brief History of Voting Rights in America
The United States’ history of voting rights is full of contradictions and marks some of our highest aspirations and greatest injustices. It is a winding story of a democratic nation […]
Read MoreThe Power of the Green New Deal
When Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez first released her plan to combat climate change and build the economy, I was sitting at the edge of my bed, exhausted. I had been waiting […]
Read More