PinnedPublished inRead or Die — HQA Young Black Engineer Sought Opportunity In The Soviet Union.‘The Americans got together and decided to drown you in the River’Aug 21, 2024A response icon15Aug 21, 2024A response icon15
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Published inRead or Die — HQAs the GOP Sets its Sights on Obergefell, What Does the Future for Marriage Equality Look Like?“Chaos,’ ‘uncertainty,’ and ‘uncharted territory’ were words used by the experts from pro-LGBTQ+ groups when I asked them what would happen…Mar 11A response icon10Mar 11A response icon10
Published inRead or Die — HQThe Black Nazi Lost, Abortion Rights Won, and Other Good Things That Happened On Election NightDemocracy is on fire, but some people are fighting back locally.Nov 14, 2024Nov 14, 2024
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Published inRead or Die — HQBehind the Medical Fallacies of the Anti-abortion Movement“Lawmakers are in essence diagnosing patients they can’t see, using medical knowledge they don’t have.”Oct 9, 2024A response icon15Oct 9, 2024A response icon15
Published inRead or Die — HQMark Essex: The Fires We IgnoreHow a Black mass shooter in New Orleans brought attention to racial inequality, and how we failed to heed his warningsAug 28, 2024Aug 28, 2024
Published inRead or Die — HQMy Writing Career Was Stagnant… Until I Got Over My Fear Of Dogs!“He was cute… but all the same, he was still a dog, and I did not like dogs.”Aug 17, 2024A response icon1Aug 17, 2024A response icon1