OPINION PIECES

Op-eds

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Addressing Threat of Gun Violence During At-Home Isolation     Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, 4/28/20

​What will be our next moonshot?                                               AL.com             Huntsville, AL 8/5/19

What did we do over summer vacation to protect our children?  Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 9/8/18

President's budget lacks compassion for hungry Americans         Jewish Light    St. Louis, MO 3/15/18

A tax plan for the rich, paid for by kids and working families       Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 12/14/17

Let's resolve to save the lives of children                                    Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 2/7/17

We need strategic acts of kindness                                             Jewish Light     St. Louis, MO 2/1/17 

Measles: Not just a metaphor for personal choice                        Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 2/10/15

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Now, deliver vaccines                                         Santa Fe New Mexican  Santa Fe, NM 6/13/21

Story highlights struggle for low-income renters   St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis 5/27/21

Additional Assistance                                             Chicago Sun-Times  Chicago, IL 5/25/21

US must suspend its Covid-19 vaccine patents       The Financial Times  London, England 4/20/21

Global Good                                                            Kansas City Star  Kansas City, MO 4/19/21

Regarding Missouri's Vaccination Rollout                West Newsmagazine St. Louis, MO 3/24/21

Congress should join global response to COVID-19  Columbia Missourian Columbia, MO 3/4/21

Wisconsin officials should support funding            The Cap Times  Madison, WI 2/28/21
COVID-19 requires global, US response                   Joplin Globe   Joplin, MO 2/22/21

COVID-19 relief law should just be downpayment   St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, MO 12/29/20

COVID-19 aid needed now                                      St. Louis American  St. Louis, MO 12/13/20

Vaccine is not a magic bullet                                  Southern Illinoisan  Carbondale, IL 12/11/20 

Congressional reps need to boost aid package       Missourian  Columbia, MO 12/10/20 

We mustn't forget world's poor                              IndyStar  Indianapolis, IN 12/10/20

Blunt, Hawley should support COVID-19 relief         Joplin Globe   Joplin, MO 12/9/20

Long road for impoverished nations                       Chicago Tribune Chicago, IL 12/9/20

Need Their Help                                                      Kansas City Star  Kansas City, MO 12/9/20

COVID relief w/o delay, not SOCTUS nomination     Deseret News  Salt Lake City, UT 9/24/2020

Any Pandemic Relief Bill Must Help Poor Countries St. Louis Post-Dispatch St. Louis, MO 8/14/2020

Pass a Package                                                       Southern Illinoisan  Carbondale, IL 8/12/20 

We need global effort to fight COVID-19                 Columbia Missourian  Colombia, MO 7/21/20

Global Pandemic Needs Global Response                Joplin Globe  Joplin, MO 7/21/20 

Reach Further                                                        Kansas City Star  Kansas City, MO 5/20/20 

Showing Love and Kindness                                   Jewish Light  St. Louis, MO 4/30/20

We should increase SNAP                                       St. Louis American, St. Louis, MO 4/29/20

Protect, expand SNAP benefits                               Joplin Globe   Joplin, MO 4/26/20

Now is the time for legislators to support...            Missourian  Columbia, MO 4/9/20

Immunization budget needs help in Congress        Joplin Globe   Joplin, MO 2/17/20​

Hawley deserves praise for backing nutrition bill    Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 11/26/19
Urging Schakowksy to Support the Global Fund     Champion  Morton Grove, IL 11/14/19

House Resolution 189                                            West Newsmagazine  St. Louis, MO 11/11/19

Proposals support maternal/child nutrition            IndyStar  Indianapolis, IN 10/31/19

Christianity compels us to help those in need        Fargo Forum   Fargo, ND 10/29/19 

The antidote for complacency is action                  Cap Times   Madison, WI 10/6/19

All lawmakers are needed to combat gun violence Post Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 9/18/19

Needed: Renters Tax Credit                                    St. Louis American  St. Louis, MO 7/2/19

Renters need affordable housing                           Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 6/27/19

Lawmakers should join the fight against TB          Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 2/28/19

The Good Fight                                                      Star  Kansas City, MO 2/25/19

Lawmakers lead the way to fight TB                      Missourian  Columbia, MO 2/25/19

U.S. should provide its share to fund                      Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 12/14/18 

Suburban moms can do more                                Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 7/9/18

​Help Mothers                                                         Star  Kansas City, MO 6/12/18

Reach Every Mother and Child Act                          Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 12/6/17

Children's education & health go hand in hand      Post-Dispatch  St. Louis, MO 11/19/17

Losing Head Start makes the sequester scary        Washington Post  Washington D.C. 5/9/13

Farm Bill a Mixed Blessing                                     Washington Times Washington D.C. 5/22/08

Children in Poverty: There is no excuse                  New York Times   New York City, NY 2/22/08

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