They're coming because they want validation. They want to touch and feel it and have somebody tell them that it looks good or that they should try something else. They want to ask a question about something they think they already know and be told that they're right about that. We focus on making sure our people are educated and they can give them ... See more
In the three or four decades that millennials like me have been alive, young people have been reckoning with the brutal truth that democracy works for the few, not the many. In the years following the 2008 financial crisis, quality of life declined for the most of us while the billionaires got richer. At the same time, politicians have been sacrifi... See more
“When we have gone to Albany and spoken with lawmakers about how the industry works, the lawmakers’ jaws drop to the floor. They're shocked about what is normalized.”
This financial exploitation, Ziff argued, leads to sexual exploitation. “There's a long history of models being sent to known predators by their agents. Bill Cosby, for example,” she s... See more
The countryside seemed fantastically vivid. The blackbirds looked as beautiful as anything I had seen before. I watched one, like a dash of ink, flickering against the mottled grey sky,