Voices

Commentary, art, and personal narratives from a diverse America

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TIME WARP

How trans people in bathrooms became the new ‘homosexual plague’

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Gruel-ing election

Cartoon: Why we need idealism in politics

#DearNextPresident

Why this Wall Street veteran thinks business can lead the way on gay rights

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 23: Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D-VA) waits for U.S. President Barack Obama to address members of the National Governors Association at the White House February 23, 2015 in Washington, DC. Obama's meeting with the nation's governors comes just days before the Department of Homeland Security's $40 billion budget is set to expire. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

#DEARNEXTPRESIDENT

Governor who restored voting rights to felons on why more voters is better for America

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - MAY 03: Mallika Chopra, Founder of Intent.com and Author of 'Living with Intent' speaks onstage during 2016 Milken Institute Global Conference at The Beverly Hilton on May 03, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

#DearNextPresident

Don’t ‘dismantle the entire architecture of our global economy’ and other advice from the Milken Global Conference

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Inside a prison where inmates can actually vote for president

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Guns are people too

Cartoon: The looming crisis of baby-on-gun violence

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Key & Peele on why Luther the Anger Translator has no place in the 2016 presidential race

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Six more months of this?

Cartoon: Things not to say to a political cartoonist these days

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THE BECKIEST

The complete history of ‘Becky with the good hair,’ from the 1700s to ‘Lemonade’