It is counterintuitive to see Biden’s gestures of amity, made unabashedly in the public view, as acts of violence. But when his performance of paternity occludes the intense discomfort of the women he is touching, he is contributing to a project of erasure — one that makes nonconsent generally permissible in our culture.
This ultimate stress test is teaching us that government-controlled systems of central planning and health care are woefully inadequate at providing care and are subject to political failure.
Where women on the front lines of the crisis are already showing us the way forward to a more just and equitable system, we need to listen and follow their lead.
Increased youth voter registration could help close the political power gap between millennials/Gen Zers and baby boomers, and ensure that elected officials more fairly represent constituents and their interests.
For those who would prefer to imagine white supremacy as the ink printed in our high school textbooks — see it today instead as Ahmaud Arbery’s blood, running down the streets of Satilla Drive. Ahmaud Arbery, may you rest in peace.
Now that Harvard has not accepted relief funds from the federal government, I implore you not to take drain money from the Harvard community. It is my hope that you will take this request into consideration and alleviate the economic hardship caused by your scholarship tax — during a global pandemic, this is the least you can do.
Tara Reade's allegations merit timely recognition on the part of established media sources and the Biden campaign that there is something here that warrants further investigation. This recognition came, and continues to come, too late.
While the opioid epidemic and sway of big pharma are most notable in the United States, this is an increasingly international phenomenon, with nations ranging from India to Australia feeling the effects.
It is animal agriculture that is wrong, not simply the logistical phenomena that have caused mass culling. As we negotiate a return to normalcy, we must critically examine and dismantle the country’s unsustainable and unethical meat production pipeline.
