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If we could simply prove to more people that we have the ability to be happy, and that the laughter of our children brings us joy, it might shift minds.

The U.S. has the most expensive healthcare and education system in the world, but is terrible at keeping people healthy and educated.

My thoughts were so extreme that I started hating my weakness to the virus and how I allowed it to consume me in such a hostile manner.

If compassion is core to who you are, there is no problem that cannot be solved, no hurdle that cannot be jumped, and no divide that cannot be crossed.

I asked and listened to what voters told me about their hopes — about better jobs, wages, healthcare, and education. I also heard their fears — of more taxes, immigrants, gun laws, and “defunding the police.”

People like myself need to find ways to bring immigrants with us and use our platforms to elevate their stories by handing them the mic.

In this country, despite our medical/industrial complexes, we seem to have a “sick-care” system — one that is focused on treating the symptoms but not the causes

Messages of “Black girl magic” are not pro-Black women. They are reflections of a culture that continues to see exceptional individualism as the solution, rather than part of the larger problem.

Our greatest civic duty, and indeed our most human duty, is to look closest to us and commit to our place — in the entirety of its beauty and challenges — and to sow it with hope, relationships, and imagination.

I spent several hours reading the notecards and remembering what it was like to be loved unconditionally.

“Women’s issues” have not been adequately funded or supported since the founding of this country.