The hardest part about growing up poor was knowing I couldn’t mess up. Not even once.
"Talent is really, really fragile."
If ambition is ruining your life, you need to read Thoreau
Henry David Thoreau is the self-help guru I needed — and that America needs.
The lousy reason I didn't vote in 1968 — and why Sanders supporters shouldn't fall for it
I thought there was no difference between Richard Nixon and Hubert Humphrey. I was wrong.
I made 6 figures at my Facebook dream job — but couldn't afford life in the Bay Area
Why do tech companies insist on being in expensive cities?
As a black veteran, I always stand for the flag. But I understand why Colin Kaepernick doesn’t.
Kaepernick kneels because of the things I do not salute. This does not put us at odds.
I recently became "plus size." Shopping for clothes shouldn't be this miserable.
The whole idea of “plus-size” clothes is outdated and degrading. We need a women's fashion revolution.
Get angry about Brock Turner’s crime. But don’t use it as a reason to pass bad laws.
I’m a public defender. Here’s why we shouldn’t let tragedies drive public policy.
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The Obama administration's case against the 9/11 bill, explained for Congress (and you)
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A third of the homeless people in America are over 50. I’m one of them.
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Don’t underestimate Cosmo. Women’s magazines are taking on Trump.
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Millennials have very little confidence in most major institutions
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Which states count as the South, according to more than 40,000 readers
Georgetown’s slavery announcement is remarkable. But it’s not reparations.
Reparations must have three components. Georgetown’s plan has only one of them.
I help organizations hire people — and watch white candidates get favored again and again
"Diversity is important, but ..." and other excuses I hear all the time.
What do black people like me have to lose if Trump wins? Everything.
Trump poses an existential menace to the future I have spent the better part of my adult life fighting for.