AOC Is Right: We Need Accountability for the Family Separation Crisis

The freshman lawmaker’s call for a ‘9/11-style commission’ to investigate family separation gives the atrocity the moral weight it deserves

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Published in

GEN

4 min readJul 25, 2019

--

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at an immigration town hall on July 20, 2019. Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The family separation crisis has been going on in the United States for over a year now. Children have been…

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

Written by Jude Ellison S. Doyle

16.4K Followers

Writer for

GEN

Author of “Trainwreck” (Melville House, ‘16) and “Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers” (Melville House, ‘19). Columns published far and wide across the Internet.

More from Jude Ellison S. Doyle and GEN

Scales — the balancing kind — on a rainbow background. I don’t know why I chose the rainbow. It was soothing.

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

You Cannot Put a Human Being to a Vote

Most Americans oppose anti-trans policies — but trans people’s right to exist is not a popularity contest.

4 min readMay 10

--

indi.ca
in
GEN

I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There.

Living in Sri Lanka during the end of the civil war, I saw how life goes on, surrounded by death

5 min readSep 26, 2020

--

Cassie Brighter
in
GEN

Define ‘Woman’

The new ‘gotcha’ phrase by transphobes — and a full answer

16 min readApr 2, 2022

--

Somebody puts an envelope (probably intended to be a ballot) in a box. It looks needlessly ominous.

Jude Ellison S. Doyle

What It’s Like to Be a Trans Politician in 2023

Across the country, trans legislators are being shouted down and shut out. Minnesota State Rep. Leigh Finke tells us how she stays hopeful.

6 min readMay 3

--

See all from Jude Ellison S. Doyle

See all from GEN

Recommended from Medium

Cassie Brighter
in
GEN

Define ‘Woman’

The new ‘gotcha’ phrase by transphobes — and a full answer

16 min readApr 2, 2022

--

Unbecoming

10 Seconds That Ended My 20 Year Marriage

It’s August in Northern Virginia, hot and humid. I still haven’t showered from my morning trail run. I’m wearing my stay-at-home mom…

4 min readFeb 16, 2022

--

Lists

Stories to Help You Live Better

21 stories88 saves

Work 101

26 stories8 saves

My Kind Of Medium (All-Time Faves)

36 stories9 saves

Staff Picks

329 stories83 saves

The Good Men Project
in
Hello, Love

My 9-Year-Old Accidentally Explained Why His Mom Divorced Me

The truth was always hovering just a little over my head.

8 min readSep 3, 2020

--

Aleid ter Weel
in
Better Advice

10 Things To Do In The Evening Instead Of Watching Netflix

Device-free habits to increase your productivity and happiness.

5 min readFeb 15, 2022

--

four cartoonish images of a white woman in business wear. i like this image because it looks like 4 different social media profiles.

Zulie Rane
in
The Startup

If You Want to Be a Creator, Delete All (But Two) Social Media Platforms

In October 2022, during the whole Elon Musk debacle, I finally deleted Twitter from my phone. Around the same time, I also logged out of…

8 min readApr 19

--

Alex Mathers

14 things I wish I knew at 25 (now that I’m 38)

I’m writing soon after my 38th birthday. It’s a time to reflect.

4 min readDec 27, 2022

--

See more recommendations

Help
Status
Writers
Blog
Careers
Privacy
Terms
About
Text to speech