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“They are just playing with our lives because they can.”

The best job I ever had was working for a public health non-profit that advocated in support of cancer research programs at the National Institutes of Health. I am in awe of people who do biomedical research and provide direct health care to people who need it. I loved working in an environment where IContinue reading ““They are just playing with our lives because they can.””

If Not Me, Who? If Not Now, When?

If you are reading this website, it’s probably because you asked, “What can I do?” We are in the middle of the Trump administration’s shock and awe campaign. The daily deluge of headlines seems designed to inspire despondency. Thousands of federal workers fired over the course of two weeks. Government funds for programs frozen despiteContinue reading “If Not Me, Who? If Not Now, When?”

When the DOGE Bites

The swift and dramatic cuts to the federal workforce have rocked the DC area and the country at large. News outlets and social media platforms present a litany of testimonials from federal employees. Their stories are heartbreaking and shocking. Dedicated professionals were fired from public service jobs via emails that don’t even contain their nameContinue reading “When the DOGE Bites”