Open your eyes and stop looking away from the roots of our reality

By: Shamecca Brown, Columnist

Outlets: Granite State News Collaborative

Published: June 23, 2026

Words: 667

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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I’ve spent years working in the trenches of advocacy, trying to fix the broken machinery of our social support systems. I’ve written the letters, sat in the meetings, and navigated the endless, soul-crushing bureaucracy that dictates who gets to survive and who gets discarded. I did everything "right." I played the game. And I am here to tell you, with the weight of my own grief and the clarity of someone who has seen the …

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