The Blog

Reflecting on Senator Cory Booker's over 25-hour speech and the discourse surrounding it.

I am angry. And I have to ask—why aren’t you?

Not in a way that accuses, but in a way that truly wonders—when will it be enough for you? What will it take for you to see what’s happening all around us?

This isn’t about blame. It’s about recognition. About opening our eyes and choosing to care deeply enough to do something. Because whether we like it or not, the choices being made by those in power affect...

Writing for me has always been a mixture of sin and solace. As a child, it was a comfort—a safe place—until it became the only way I knew to express pain. My words were not met with understanding, but with isolation. Instead of being seen and heard, I was condemned. A child's plea for connection was perceived as an attack. And those who felt attacked never let it go.

Apologies were demanded, penance paid, but forgiveness was never granted. What should have been a moment of learning and growt...