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Marie Myung-Ok Lee

Marie Myung-Ok Lee is the author of the novel, "The Evening Hero" and has cowritten articles with her autistic son, Jason. Find her on Twitter, Instagram and Tiktok.

Minnesota Governor and 2024 Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, his wife Gwen Walz (L) and children Gus and Hope hug on stage on the third day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, on August 21, 2024. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

Like Tim Walz, we were also wrongly accused of abusing our special needs son

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Lee Jung-jae in "Squid Game" (Noh Juhan/Netflix)

The “Squid Game” critique is also a love letter to a unified Korea

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Concept: The New York Times' take on Coronavirus, featuring a 1882 illustrated depiction of diseases emanating from Chinatown. (Getty Images/WikiCommons/Salon)

“Wuhan coronavirus” and the racist art of naming a virus

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Hillary Cllinton, Bernie Sanders (Reuters/Brian Snyder/Jim Young/Photo montage by Salon)

This feminist is sticking with Bernie Sanders: Why Hillary backers need to take another long, honest look

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Bernie Sanders (AP/Jacquelyn Martin)

My feminist Sanders fixation: I’m a woman of color, my candidate is a white man

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Leonardo DiCaprio in "The Revenant" (Twentieth Century Fox)

Cinéma vérité: “The Revenant” and “Spotlight” — two tales for our time and beyond

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“Our protesters came in for abortions”: Fear, slut-shaming, Planned Parenthood, and the truth about right-wing religious hypocrisy

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Parishioners Shakur Francis, left, and Karen Watson-Fleming sing at the Emanuel A.M.E. Church Sunday, June 21, 2015, in Charleston, S.C. (AP/David Goldman)

A black church loved us: We were welcomed with open arms, just as Dylann Roof was in Charleston

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McKinney pool party cop’s vicious hatred: This is the face of white rage

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My autistic son and my career

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Jerry Seinfeld (wired.com)

Jerry Seinfeld’s not helping: Celebrity autism claims distract from reality and research

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Bill O'Reilly (Fox News)

Bill O’Reilly’s “Asian privilege” disgrace: The Fox News host needs some basic history lessons

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The day I was nearly arrested for having an autistic son

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Maureen Dowd really misses the point about marijuana

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Skipping the airport, saving the planet: My 19-hour carbon-saving jaunt across America

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Your down coat could be the product of cruelty

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Kids hate-tweet Obama, echoing what they hear at home

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Paul Ryan’s poverty tourism

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Akin is the GOP

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Jeremy Lin (Reuters/Adam Hunger)

What everyone gets wrong about Jeremy Lin

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Interview With My Bully: When I confronted my bully about racism

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