Essays, Scholarship & Public Thought

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The C Is for Community

The C Is for Community

At a Capital Pride fundraiser in Washington, D.C., one Sunday afternoon became a story about friendship, women in business, queer ownership, and the years of work behind Vascano Tequila. What...

The C Is for Community

At a Capital Pride fundraiser in Washington, D.C., one Sunday afternoon became a story about friendship, women in business, queer ownership, and the years of work behind Vascano Tequila. What...

A Ghost in a Country Known for Order

A Ghost in a Country Known for Order

A social-media post led me into the Asian Games accommodation crisis in Japan and raised deeper questions about integrity, disability, leadership, and the distance between an orderly image and an...

A Ghost in a Country Known for Order

A social-media post led me into the Asian Games accommodation crisis in Japan and raised deeper questions about integrity, disability, leadership, and the distance between an orderly image and an...

An Invitation Into the Foreign Affairs Family

An Invitation Into the Foreign Affairs Family

Invited by friends to a GLIFAA gathering in Washington, DC, DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar reflects on Foreign Service, LGBTQIA+ history, institutional memory, and what one generation inherits from another.

An Invitation Into the Foreign Affairs Family

Invited by friends to a GLIFAA gathering in Washington, DC, DeAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar reflects on Foreign Service, LGBTQIA+ history, institutional memory, and what one generation inherits from another.

When the Internet Remembers

When the Internet Remembers

What happens when professional qualifications, political identity, social media history, investor power, and DEI collide inside an LGBTQ+ media institution? This article looks beyond the controversy surrounding Jay Katari and...

When the Internet Remembers

What happens when professional qualifications, political identity, social media history, investor power, and DEI collide inside an LGBTQ+ media institution? This article looks beyond the controversy surrounding Jay Katari and...

If the Machines Can Remember, Why Can’t the System?

If the Machines Can Remember, Why Can’t the Sys...

What happens when pathogen data can move around the world in seconds, but accountability and shared benefits do not move with it? This article examines PABS, artificial intelligence, the right...

If the Machines Can Remember, Why Can’t the Sys...

What happens when pathogen data can move around the world in seconds, but accountability and shared benefits do not move with it? This article examines PABS, artificial intelligence, the right...

When Home Has Wheels

When Home Has Wheels

What do we miss when we pass someone on the road? Through Edward and Adelina’s very different paths, this essay looks at van living, housing insecurity, disability, LGBTQIA+ identity, work,...

When Home Has Wheels

What do we miss when we pass someone on the road? Through Edward and Adelina’s very different paths, this essay looks at van living, housing insecurity, disability, LGBTQIA+ identity, work,...