Owning My Power LEADING MYSELF FOR THE SUCCESS I WANT TO SEE. A GEN-Z MINDSET. When I was a little bit younger I would always see my parents watch the news. I'd be in the background hearing and seeing everything going on, thinking, “What

Let’s be sure to offer our veterans more than just praise. By Jessica Mason, Candidate for Congress, TX-30 As a former Navy member myself, with a husband in active duty, I’m truly honored to have served alongside my fellow military sisters and brothers. Additionally,

This Veterans Day, Don’t Just Thank Us, Fight Alongside Us for Change By Brittany Ramos DeBarros BNC 2022, Candidate for Congress, NY-11 Note: This is a repost of Brittany’s OpEd published by the Staten Island Advance on 11-11-2021.When I returned from a year-long Army

What is land back? Honor Indigenous Peoples' Day By Joining The Land Back Movement GUEST AUTHOR The Land Back Movement is gaining momentum in the progressive community, and it’s led to many difficult conversations. Many are still grappling to understand the goals of the

It was October 11, 1992. I was in Washington D.C. for the annual displaying of the AIDS Quilt and organizing for the upcoming National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay rights.

As I stood there on the National Mall, surrounded by people grieving the partners and friends they had lost to AIDS, it hit me like a freight train.

I could no longer deny who I was.

Seeing whips in the hands of federal agents, used against poor Black folks, affected me in a visceral way.
How quickly we went from “Refugees are welcome here,” to this. This week the world was rocked by these photos out of my home state of Texas, showing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents as they chased down Haitian asylum seekers on horseback.

Anniversaries are a time to reflect, and the last twenty years have given us much to think about. It is imperative that we look with clear eyes. These are the lessons we must take from 9/11.