When my daughter was first diagnosed with Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome (PTHS), my world stopped spinning for a moment. If you’re a parent of a child with this rare neurodevelopmental disorder, you understand—there’s the grief, the overwhelm, and then the digging. So much digging. Like many of you, I’ve spent sleepless nights on medical forums, scientific journals, […]
Life has a habit of punching us in the face when we least expect it. One minute, everything is fine, and the next, your car won’t start, your boss emails you at 9 PM, and you accidentally send a text meant for your friend to your mother (who now has questions). Resilience is the thing […]
Mistakes are like unexpected software updates—they pop up at the worst possible time, disrupt everything, and force you to sit there, helpless, while life installs yet another unwanted lesson. For a long time, I thought mistakes were something to be avoided at all costs. Then I realized that’s impossible, because apparently, I am hardwired to […]
I have spent most of my adult life looking for the holy grail of productivity—that secret trick that would magically make me a focused, efficient, and successful person. I wanted to be one of those people who wake up at 5 AM, drink some kind of green sludge that allegedly increases brainpower, and finish an […]
Arab Americans are finally getting a political platform in the Trump era. And by “getting a platform,” I mean being used as strategic props. Michael Boulos, Trump’s son-in-law, is now an advisor on Middle Eastern affairs. Janette Nesheiwat has been nominated for U.S. Surgeon General. It’s all very diverse—until you remember Trump’s past Muslim bans […]
Pop quiz: What do Germany’s collapsing government, France’s political chaos, and South Korea’s leadership crisis have in common? If you guessed “Western democracy is in shambles,” congrats! You win absolutely nothing, because we’re all going down with this ship. Trump’s reelection has sent shockwaves through global politics. Populist movements are rising, democratic institutions are crumbling, […]
Tom Homan, Trump’s border czar, thinks Andrew Cuomo is too soft on immigration. The man who once ran ICE is shocked that New York doesn’t want to turn into Texas. New York’s sanctuary city laws prevent local cops from handing immigrants over to ICE. Radical, I know. But conservatives claim these laws are a threat—which […]
The Trump administration is considering revoking the EPA’s ruling that greenhouse gases are dangerous. Because, apparently, climate change isn’t a threat—it’s just a vibe. EPA head Lee Zeldin says the rule “hurts industry” and “limits consumer choice.” Ah yes, the consumer choice to… drown in rising sea levels? Get asthma from factory smog? I love […]
A Republican congressman just misgendered Rep. Sarah McBride, the first openly transgender member of Congress. Was it a slip-up? A bold stance? An attempt to distract from the fact that the GOP has no actual policies? We may never know. What we do know is that instead of just correcting himself and moving on like […]
California Governor Gavin Newsom is doing the unthinkable: talking to conservatives. That’s right, the man who banned plastic straws is now chopping it up with right-wing pundits about transgender athletes and free speech. Look, I get it. Newsom wants to be the “reasonable Democrat” who can unite America in 2028. But inviting conservative firebrands on […]