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Statement on Family Separation Policy

“The Trump Administration’s policy of ripping migrant children from their parents’ arms and locking them in cages joins slavery, tribal…
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Andy Burness
We all have “that teacher.” Samuel DuBois Cook was mine.

We all have “that teacher.” Samuel DuBois Cook was mine.

Before Samuel DuBois Cook passed in 2017, he was widely saluted as the first tenure-track black professor appointed by a predominantly…
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Andy Burness
From the Streets of DC to the Halls of the Capitol

From the Streets of DC to the Halls of the Capitol

How to Make Your Message Resonate with the Gatekeepers of Public Policy
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Michele Alexander
Running Out of Cures

Running Out of Cures

What Would a Post-Antibiotic World Look Like?
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Mary Darby
One Day is Not Enough

One Day is Not Enough

Fighting for Indigenous Peoples’ Rights Takes Action Year-Round
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Wanda Bautista
What the Dallas Street Choir Taught Me About the Importance of Connection

What the Dallas Street Choir Taught Me About the Importance of Connection

A year ago, 24-year-old Toria Ellis lived on the streets of Dallas, sometimes spending the night under a bridge or sleeping on sidewalks…
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Janet Firshein
Will Congress see life as a pre-existing condition?

Will Congress see life as a pre-existing condition?

Once upon a time, I was young and had no pre-existing conditions. That was a glorious time to be alive. I ran road races and mountain…
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Dan Klotz
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Always Look for the Helpers

Always Look for the Helpers

A Letter to My Children
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Adam Zimmerman
What I Learned from a Trump-Supporting Clean Energy Advocate

What I Learned from a Trump-Supporting Clean Energy Advocate

Raise your hand if, in the last three months, you’ve found yourself in a room where 99 percent of the people around you shared your…
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Katie Mikush Fogleman
Burgers, beer, and social change: A journey to designing for good

Burgers, beer, and social change: A journey to designing for good

Since the tender age of 15, I’ve longed to be in the business of selling things. Not actually selling them, mind you, because being a…
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Kara Basabe
Repealing Opportunity

Repealing Opportunity

Forget What You Think You Know About Obamacare
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Alex Field
Discrimination Makes Me Sick — Literally.

Discrimination Makes Me Sick — Literally.

Anticipated stress is bad for health.
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Lowell Dempsey
Do Something About Something

Do Something About Something

Making Progress in the Age of Trump
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Adam Zimmerman
#HurricaneMatthew is Now Live

#HurricaneMatthew is Now Live

How Facebook Live Transformed the Hurricane Experience
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Jaclyn De Bonis
Take a deep breath. Obamacare is working.

Take a deep breath. Obamacare is working.

There has been quite the collective freakout over Monday’s news that Affordable Care Act Marketplace premiums will go up an average of 25…
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Bethanne Fox
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