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70 years after Brown, we’re fighting the same battles over again Op-Ed 06/04/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. For a Northerner like me, coming to live in Washington, D.C. has been eye-opening in many ways. One of these has been living …

The GOP’s blind gun loyalty is about to hit a Gen Z wall Op-Ed 05/19/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. For many of us, this is the time of year when we start pulling out swimsuits and planning vacations. For the White House Office of Gun …

Conservatives’ savage child labor agenda wants kids working more for less Op-Ed 05/07/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. We tend to think of child labor under harsh conditions as a problem in developing countries, or in this country a …

Conspiracies and Cynical Indifference Are the Right’s Latest Climate Strategy Op-Ed 04/30/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. A great story circulated on several media platforms before this month’s solar eclipse. It describes a famous …

Senators: Don’t Let the Islamophobic Agenda Targeting Adeel Mangi Win Op-Ed 04/24/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. We’re living in   very divisive political times . But even now, Americans say we still share values that include aspiring …

Fed-Up Progressive Justices Are Calling Out the Majority’s Agenda Op-Ed 03/26/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. For the last several days, there have been reams of analysis of the Supreme Court’s ruling in  Trump v. Anderson ,  in which …

The GOP’s IVF Flip-Flopping Shows It’s Caught in Its Own Trap Op-Ed 03/19/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. Sen.  Lindsey Graham  (R-S.C.) knows how to turn a phrase. If only he — and countless other Republicans — really meant what they …

The MAGA Enemies List is Growing, and So Are the Odds That You’re On It Op-Ed 03/12/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. As the Republican primaries slog toward the climax of a  likely Trump nomination , I can’t help thinking that we as a …

Exposing Deepfakes Should Top 2024’s Voter Education Agenda Op-Ed 03/05/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill. It seems like the world is suddenly drowning in computer-generated “deepfake” content that creates all kinds of risks and problems, …

A Radical and Counterintuitive Proposition To Save Democracy: Forgiveness Op-Ed 02/20/2024 by Svante Myrick First published in The Hill . For a movie nerd who’s known to stay up all night streaming, the Sundance Film Festival is an incredible experience.  …