When I signed up to volunteer in affordable housing with AmeriCorps NCCC this summer, I didn't know what to expect. Here's what I learned.
Getting your wisdom teeth out is riskier than getting an abortion. So why do lawmakers insist on wasting time and money to regulate women’s healthcare? I was 24 years old, living in Queens, NY, busy with my last year of law school. I couldn’t feel the uninvited...
Arizonans have the power to impact climate change this November You’ve probably driven on the Loop 202 recently and noticed the highway signs alerting you of another ‘high pollution advisory’ day. If you haven’t seen the air quality alerts, perhaps your sign of...
I didn’t know what to expect from Kamala Harris. Then I met her. I saw Kamala Harris for the first time on the debate stage in 2019. At the time, I was 13 years old. I saw a powerful speaker and someone who, as a half-Indian woman, looked a lot like...
“Oh, um, not right now,” a nod, a glance, or a brisk walk away. I’m familiar with all those reactions now—they’re not uncommon when you’re walking around your city with a clipboard, registering voters. Though voter registration in the field is very...
Janet Napolitano outlines why she’s endorsing Galán-Woods to challenge US Rep. David Schwiekert. Politics has always been a rough business and it is way worse now than it was when I was running for office. But you run because you feel a calling to serve the people...
For mixed-status families, the Biden-Harris initiative to streamline the citizenship process while keeping families together. When I met my wife, we fell madly in love. I didn’t ask — nor did it matter — if she was documented. Rosa was beautiful in every way, and I...
You see strangers doing voter registration so often, but peer-to-peer efforts are more effective–especially with young voters.
evolvedMD is taking a stand—not just during PRIDE month, but every month, by breaking down the barriers that many LGBTQIA+ individuals face when it comes to accessing mental health services. At a time when rapidly changing laws and healthcare standards across the...
By Katherine Cecala, President of Junior Achievement of Arizona For decades, the conventional wisdom has been that earning a four-year college degree was an important step in promoting upward mobility. For the most part, that continues to be the case, as research...
