Elesha
@EleshaJD
Gov Affairs. Believer. Strategist. These tweets are your tweets, these tweets are my tweets, from California to the New York island 🇺🇸
An abandoned test tube on Mars could hold the secret to life’s origins, writes Louis Friedman, the co-founder and former executive director of @exploreplanets. wapo.st/46rbBBe
“I know what accessibility can be: an invitation into greater human community, as well as a precious right we must preserve for future generations.” @RachelRKolb @AndyDRC
Contributor: The Americans With Disabilities Act changed my life. Now my generation needs to fight for it latimes.com/opinion/story/…
“We’ve accepted all of your redlines” is a great way to start the week
This article by @shailadewan ("More Freedom, Less Violence: Some States Look to European Prisons") is a good primer on the differences between the US and European correction systems, and how we've got it wrong. It is well worth a read. (In full disclosure, I was with Shaila and…
The Reconstruction Amendments. In my view, the United States has had two Constitutions: the one that existed before those amendments, and the one that existed after.
What’s your favorite U.S. Constitutional Amendment? What the heck, pick two.
For everyone to develop a healthy sense of empathy and self awareness. World peace, ending hunger, cliche. If we, as a society, became more empathetic and self aware of how our actions impact others, a lot of these things would take care of themselves.
You get one wish granted. What do you wish for?