Reflections on Asian American Consciousness

The problem with silence is that it can’t speak up and say why it’s silent. And so silence collects, becomes amplified, takes on a life outside our intentions, in that silence can get misread as indifference, or avoidance, or even shame, and eventually this silences...

Gun Violence: The Public Health Crisis of Government Inaction

Content warning: This post discusses gun violence and includes a detailed account of a mass shooting. Fourteen years ago, on a windy and sun-soaked spring afternoon, I ran out of my dorm room and into the arms of a few of my friends who I had only been able to chat...

Make Agricultural Workers a Priority for the COVID-19 Vaccine Today

The rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine has been historic. It was created in record time with international public and private cooperation. With the recent approval of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine, there are currently three vaccines authorized to be...