Facebook captures examples of inequality and makes them available for endless replay. Twitter links the voiceless to newsmakers. Instagram immortalizes the faces and consequences of discrimination. Isolated cruelties are yoked into a powerful narrative of marginalization that spurs a common cause.
Antiabortion rules disproportionately harm women of color and low-income women of every ethnicity, affecting their economic capacity and threatening their very lives.
There are racial and gender implications to how we think about what leadership looks like in the country.
I do not believe in taking jobs just because the job is available. You have to want to do that job, and you should plan to be there for a while.
I do not Google myself, I do not read comments, and I barely look myself in the eye when I look in the mirror.
I like solving problems that seem intractable. That's how I thrive.
To build a truly diverse economy with a pipeline of skilled labor, technical college in Georgia should be free, and students should be able to graduate debt-free from the public institution of their choice.
Writing fueled me, and my task was to make it fit into my life. I practiced my trade as an attorney, and on weekends and holidays, I typed away. I assumed a nom de plume, Selena Montgomery, to separate my fiction from more academic publications.
At any given moment, we each face a barrage of obligations, often disparate and distinct from what we thought would happen when we woke up. From the tragic to the common to the extraordinary, life refuses to be divvied up into careful slices of time. No technology can manage to overcome the realities of reality.
Georgians understand obligation, love of family, and payment plans.
I'm proud to be a member of the creative class, particularly here in Atlanta where the entertainment and creative industries form such an integral part of our economy, our culture, and our community.
Writing is a side hustle that had previously enabled me to pay for rehab for my brother, purchase a car for my parents, and help friends out when they fell on hard times.
We live in a nation that spent centuries denying the right to vote to the poor, to women, and to people of color.
I grew up hearing my parents' stories about how they had to fight for their right to vote in the Jim Crow South.
I grew up in a family where my parents worked full-time and still found themselves and their six children trapped like so many of the working poor.
Economic security can feel like an impossible goal when you're living paycheck to paycheck, deciding between paying the light bill or the water bill, knowing the decision to pay either one may mean you can't put food on the table.
Economic inequality is systemic, and one of the most effective barriers is ignorance about how money works beyond the basics.
Educating bold and ambitious children from cradle to career stands as a clear and foundational goal for Georgia.
For parents who work, afterschool programs can be a crucial support system, but too many communities have limited options.
As a state representative, I have consistently supported our state's investment in Israel and our vocal support of Israel's right to exist.
Boycotts have been a critical part of social justice in American history, particularly for African-Americans.
I fundamentally agree with the critical nature of Israeli democracy, which embraces the core notion of free speech.
We deserve an economy that works in every county, for every Georgian, and helps families thrive - not just survive.
Clean energy jobs can exist across the state and create micro-economies to support struggling communities. Local governments can use advanced energy to retrain workers and create local jobs, and the positive economic impacts can remain local.
The manufacturing-intensive advanced energy industry promotes work for engineers, machinists, coders and installers, but also administrators, accountants, truck drivers, sales force, and a range of other occupations.
Hydro, wind, solar, and biomass energy have economic impact across the state and, with collaboration and focus, can become engines of prosperity for more Georgians.
Confederate monuments belong in museums where we can study and reflect on that terrible history, not in places of honor across our state.
When I began writing novels, I read Aristotle to learn how to perfect structure, Pearl Cleage to sustain tension, and Nora Roberts for characterization.
I have been privileged to write across multiple facets of my life: to write romance novels, to write memoir, to write about leadership, and to write tax and social policy articles. The act of writing is integral to who I am. I'm a writer, a politician, a tax attorney, a civic leader, and an entrepreneur. I am proud of what I've accomplished.
I like to take information in and let it percolate.
Where I know my strengths lie, for me, is establishing systems and protocols, finding solutions, and trying to push for results. The Senate is a great institution, but for me, it's not the role that best suits those needs.
I will stand up on issues as they arise, making sure that the voices of Georgians are always being heard.
I'm going to continue to do the work we're doing on voter suppression, supporting the work that's being done by Fair Count, ensuring a fair Census count.
My approach to running for office has always been driven by where can I do the most good and where are my skills best applied.
Voter suppression takes different forms.
I'm a good leader. I'm a good executive. I've been outside the U.S. a few times, and I've done a little bit of foreign policy. But most importantly, I'm smart enough to be in charge of this country.
I'm not going to do class warfare; I want to be wealthy.
The 'Next Generation' and 'Voyager' are about even; I think 'Voyager' is mildly superior, although Picard is the quintessential captain.
That's just always the way my mind has worked, is taking something that seems impossible, or too big, and then breaking it down into these pieces so that I know how to get there.
My parents are ministers.
A guy can try something and not be successful, and it's just about him. But when you're a person of color, when you're a woman, when you're a woman of color in particular, you mess it up, and other people get tarred by your decision-making. You never act alone.
Many books that tell you how to achieve come from a privileged position. If you can't see yourself in the advice, how can you use it?
I have a fairly hefty resume because I'm pretty aggressive about doing things that I think I need to do.
When I was in high school at the age of 17 - I graduated from high school in Decatur, Georgia, as valedictorian of my high school - I was very proud of myself.
When you're focused on your enemy, then you are ignoring your allies.
I come from a family that hunted. I know how to hunt, but I don't do it.
I'm not going to fearmonger to win an election. I'm going to focus on the positive opportunities we have for a bright future for all of our families, where everyone has the freedom and opportunity to thrive.
The miasma of fear that is created through voter suppression is as much about terrifying people about trying to vote as it is about actually blocking their ability to do so.
We continue to confront racism from our past and our present, which is why we must hold everyone, from the highest offices to our own families, accountable for racist words and deeds and call racism what it is - wrong.