On June 17, 2021, President Biden signed orders making "Juneteenth" the twelfth federal legal holiday. But what is it? Juneteenth is a date to...
Reading has been and will always be a political statement. It may not feel political when you pick up a book, but when you're...
January 6th, 2021, will be one of the defining days of our generation. I have spent more time in the Capitol Building halls than...
Women’s Equality Day commemorates the passing of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920, prohibiting states or the federal government from denying any citizen the right...
Election season is somewhat like a holiday for me, a long and visceral one, but a holiday nonetheless. I know not everyone feels this...
Today marks the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. Federal law prohibits discrimination based on sex or gender in any educational institution...
In the winter of 2020, I was 30+ weeks pregnant with my third baby. I was anxiously awaiting a bad flu season to end...
As I write this, the current administration is signing a flurry of sweeping executive orders with far-ranging consequences. But I’m not here to talk...
Being a mother is never an easy job and will never be. But this generation of young moms has experienced it all in the...
On behalf of the state of Indiana (of which I actually have no authority,) I’d like to apologize to all public school teachers. Seriously,...
On Saturday, as I stretched on my living room floor, my one-year-old daughter, in her effort to participate, stepped on my neck. Her tiny...
With the primary election just over a week away, you may be sick of hearing about it, excited, or even wondering “what’s all the...
Everyone knows that teachers don't get paid enough. Across the country, teachers are working endless hours for less money, being asked to do more...
It is the day after the girl icon, Ruther Bader Ginsburg, passed away. Ever since I chose to write about International Day of the...

























