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Heather MacDonald
Opinion contributor Heather MacDonald, of Camp Hill, Pa., is a co-founder of The Good Trouble Project, a central Pennsylvania real estate agent, and a former Democratic candidate for the 103rd House District.
We’re all exhausted. Progressives can offer an antidote. Here’s how | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - July 12, 2023
Progressives need to balance factual accuracy with emotional honesty to win the debate.
Pa. is wrong to fund crisis pregnancy centers. There are 7.2M reasons why | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - June 30, 2023
The funding is a smack in the face to Pennsylvania’s women.
What we say — and what we mean — when we talk about Fetterman’s hoodie | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - June 14, 2023
The intersection of fashion, decorum, wealth, and respectability politics is rich with examples of manufactured controversy.
What book bans and the Hollywood writers strike have in common | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - May 23, 2023
If all else fails, I have to imagine it would be easier to replace studio execs with ChatGPT than the writers.
What the War on Woke tells us about the GOP’s power play for 2024 | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - May 10, 2023
The power of the modern conservative movement is enhanced by weaponizing incompetence.
Will Fox learn its lesson from $787M Dominion settlement? | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - April 26, 2023
Last week, Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems avoided going to trial over defamation charges by agreeing to a settlement of an eye-popping $787 million. Many in the public felt that while the massive monetary windfall was nice, the delicious schadenfreude from a trial would have been priceless. A sizable portion of the nation felt […]
With expulsion of Tennessee Black lawmakers, Republicans lost GenZ. Here’s how | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - April 11, 2023
History will celebrate the good not the evil, the response not the accusation, the comeback not the dismissal.
In its haste to ban TikTok, Congress is embarrassing itself — again | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - March 28, 2023
Congress' efforts to protect teenagers read like efforts by people who have never met an actual teenager.
Boebert’s remarks about rural teen pregnancies dodge a deeper truth | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - March 14, 2023
Teen parents are at increased risk for poverty, hunger, domestic violence, and depression.
What 2022’s housing trends say about us and where we’re headed | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - February 22, 2023
Where we live has always been about more than just the housing market.
Experience is education. Pa. is right to recognize it and elevate it | Heather MacDonald
By: Heather MacDonald - February 8, 2023
Intelligence, competency, and merit are free to those who earn them. They don't have to come from books or GPAs.