Fast-forward a couple of years later, the Pulitzer Prize–winning play Wit landed on my desk. It’s written by Margaret Edson about a woman with stage IV ovarian cancer. By the time I finished reading the script, I was weeping. I flew to New York and auditioned. I knew it was required for the lead to…
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I’ve never done well with feeling left out. Ever since I was a kid, I’ve had this unshakable FOMO that has only gotten worse with the introduction of social media. And I especially hate having to sit on the sideline of a trend or new product as much as I do missing an invite to…
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Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), who’s a little less than a month in her presidential run, and Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.) plan to reintroduce the Family and Medical Insurance Leave (FAMILY) Act on Tuesday—a bill that would create a national program to provide up to 12 weeks of partially paid time off for workers dealing with…
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On Valentine’s Day, 2018, an unthinkable tragedy happened at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. In the months that followed, the students of Parkland—and others who joined their cause—woke our nation up to the realities of gun violence. In under a year, real-deal activists emerged—including Emma González, Samantha Fuentes, Jaclyn Corin, Edna Chavez,…
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After a former student with an AR-15 killed 17 students and staff at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida earlier this year, a group of outspoken student activists demanded change. Gun violence needs to end—and they’re not taking no for an answer. They joined with other leaders to organize March for Our Lives.…
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If there’s a defining maxim of our era, it’s that the adults of America seem to have departed the public stage. Political leaders preen and hashtag and hurl insults, and when real life intrudes on the food fights? They double down on the hashtags and insults. In one of the greatest ironies of 2018, teenagers…
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