In honor of our nation’s 247th birthday, I want to challenge you to do one thing. Stop classifying others with one word –– unless that word is “American.” Much of…
Food. Friends. Family. Football. A win-or-go-home scenario. Those are the staples of Super Bowl Sunday, a clash between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. But this isn’t a…
Aaron Judge hit his 60th home run on Tuesday night for the New York Yankees. 60th. That matched Babe Ruth’s single-season home run total in 1927, a record that stood…
Back in March, I wrote of my frustrations with the MLB’s nonchalance with the popularity of baseball as a sport and obsession with money. But watching as two-time Cy Young…
Baseball was my first love, becoming the genesis of countless, timeless memories. The crack of the bat, the cheering crowd, hearing Frank Sinatra’s “New York, New York” after each Yankee…
Many workers formerly classified as "low-skilled" were deemed "essential" at the beginning of the pandemic. They're slowly getting the old label back, and it's problematic.
In the opening days of the pandemic, as I looked for a replacement for sports, I turned to politics and CNN. Each night, I turned to the network, often around…
It was 2018 and my family was planning a vacation to California. But the most important question was the hardest to answer: how would we get there? The days-long drive…
I watched “Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution” a few weeks ago. It wasn't my first time watching the film about the growth of the disability rights movement, but it was…
In discussions about K-12 education reform, disabled students are often an afterthought, yet represent a gaping hole in the system. I have documented my own struggles with higher education throughout…
As I have watched the Paralympics, the name Becca Meyers echoes between my ears. Thinking what would've been, could've been and should be has infuriated me since I read that…
