The best intentions don’t always translate to the best donations

By leslieboyd / September 3, 2017

Twelve years ago, I went to Ocean Springs on the Gulf Coast of Mississippi with a group of volunteers […]

Killing the Affordable Care Act with a thousand cuts

By leslieboyd / September 2, 2017

If you need health insurance through the Affordable Care Act Marketplace, I can’t help you. Something happened last night […]

By leslieboyd / August 24, 2017

Twice this morning, I felt compelled to answer memes about how people who are triggered by events or even […]

By leslieboyd / August 22, 2017

For a couple months now, people have been advising me to take a few days away from everything. I […]

By leslieboyd / August 16, 2017

We held a peace vigil in Asheville on Sunday and about 700 people came out to denounce racism and […]

By leslieboyd / August 12, 2017

Last night in Charlottesville, Va., a mob of white supremacists, mostly young men, marched to protest the removal of […]

By leslieboyd / August 10, 2017

I’ve been thinking a lot about my privilege lately as I hear people vilify the poor and people of […]

By leslieboyd / August 9, 2017

I went to the Mark Meadows town hall the other night, but I wasn’t permitted in. They wanted to […]

By leslieboyd / August 7, 2017

I wasn’t going to go to the Mark Meadows town hall tonight. There’s nothing he can say to convince […]

By leslieboyd / August 2, 2017

Matt Coffay has dropped out of the race for the 11th District Congressional seat in North Carolina. Now what? […]