This is a sacred day to me. The most important thing I’ve ever written–my new book UNTAMED–is available for the first time TODAY. I’m often asked why I don’t publish books more often. My answer is this: I never write a new book until I’ve become a new woman. Over the past few years, I became a new woman. UNTAMED tells that story. At an event for LOVE WARRIOR, a woman walked into the room and the moment I saw her, three words filled my entire being: There She Is. I knew, from my roots, that she was my person. To honor that…

When scary things happened on the news, Mister Rogers’ mother would say: “Look for the helpers, son. There are always helpers.” In the future, when history looks for the helpers of these times, History will find you. History will point to this army of fierce hearted strangers who linked arms and marched toward the world’s pain–who sacrificed for forgotten little ones they will never meet because there is no such thing as other people’s children. Our goal yesterday was to raise $240,000 for emergency response and long-term legal accountability for the child detention crisis. You showed up. You posted, tagged,…

  HERE IS WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP END THE CHILD-IMPRISONMENT ATROCITIES. There are 13,100 children imprisoned right now in federal custody — alone, without their families — facing horrifying neglect and abuse. These kids need and deserve a defender and protector. Today, we will give them a defender who will step in front of the abuse they are facing.  A protector who will ensure that the abuse ends.  An advocate who will make sure those responsible for these atrocities are held accountable for their horrors.         *  *  * Holly Cooper, Co-director of the Immigration…