Tanya Paperny

3 weeks ago | washingtoncitypaper.com | Sarah Marloff |Stephanie Rudig |Tanya Paperny |Taylor Ruckle |Amelia Roth-Dishy |Douglas Corzine

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! It’s Pride Month and the queer and trans communities are not OK. We’re scared. We’re tired. We’re hoarding prescriptions and contemplating if we can leave the country. We’re packing go bags. We’re working long hours, and we’re losing our jobs. But we also keep going. We’re hosting fundraisers, creating art, protesting, and putting on Pride celebrations—not just in D.C. and other big cities, but in small towns across the country.

Nov 21, 2024 | washingtoncitypaper.com | Tanya Paperny

Thanks for being a member of City Paper! Describing the United States of America as a “melting pot” is one of the most overused—and inaccurate—metaphors. It implies that disparate cultures blend smoothly into one, that there’s no dominant flavor, and that all are welcome. The metaphor also implies that the goal is assimilation and that America is great when people shed whatever makes them distinct.

Apr 3, 2024 | hillrag.com | Tanya Paperny

opinionOver the past five months, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) has repeatedly told constituents that she’s “deeply concerned” about Israel’s operations in Gaza. In November 2023 she signed onto a congressional letter expressing “profound concerns” over Israel’s aerial bombardment in Gaza. And yet her acknowledgement of the humanitarian crises unfolding before our eyes stops short of any meaningful action.

Sep 20, 2023 | the74million.org | Tanya Paperny

Get stories like these delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for The 74 Newsletter This article has been produced in partnership between The 74 and the XQ Institute. Just before the start of the new school year for D.C. Public Schools, dozens of people gathered under a bright August sun in the northeast neighborhood of Deanwood. They were there to celebrate the 50th anniversary of a local institution: H.D. Woodson High School.

Aug 4, 2023 | foreignpolicy.com | Tanya Paperny

My great-grandmother has no headstone, no grave, not even a clear burial place. Tatiana Ivanovna Shatalova-Rabinovich was a socialist activist in imperial Russia and the Soviet Union, but Joseph Stalin’s ruthless regime labeled her a “counterrevolutionary” and sentenced her to death. In March 1938, Soviet police officers at a secret site just outside Moscow shot Tatiana and dumped her body into a trench with thousands of others.