The Burden of Finding Safety in America

A message for our country's best and brightest

Only a couple months ago, I arrived at my sister’s house for our family’s Fourth of July party with a fruit salad and the seemingly inescapable feeling of dread. All of the adults shared in the lackluster vibe of the moment, subdued by the passage of Trump’s nightmare budget bill and the realization that Republicans were all living up to our worst expec…