About Cassie McClure

Cassie McClure

Cassie McClure

Cassie McClure is a writer who first stumbled into a journalism degree because she didn't want to analyze other people's writing as an English major. She picked up a German degree since she already spoke the language, but she really should have picked Spanish.

As an elder millennial, Cassie McClure waited out the not-so-Great Recession by getting a master's in rhetoric to follow up a similarly useful BA in journalism. She worked in a university library for a good long while but also had a stint as an analyst in an open-source intelligence lab, which lends itself to fun stories at cocktail parties. 

As a German American, she navigates her bicultural background alongside her bicultural marriage to a Mexican national -- with whom she has two children -- all of which informs her writing about modern issues.

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The Bridge Generation is Feeling Its Age May 10, 2026

Millennials are a cultural infrastructure, like an older overpass everyone depends on, but it's starting to carry more weight than it was originally designed to hold. We're trying to move things forward as we absorb tension from both directions. And ... Read More

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On Refusing to Earn Your Way Into Joy May 03, 2026

When I first met my husband, he ran through the standard get-to-know-you questions, one of which was, did I like to bike? As he was, and still is, very handsome, the answer was a swift, "Of course!" I lied. It's not that I was anti-bike or didn't kn... Read More

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Advocacy Shouldn't Sound Like Call Me Back Apr 26, 2026

One of my pet peeves is getting a voicemail from someone who just simply asks me to call them back. No topic. No indication if it's urgent, or important, or worst case, urgent and important. Usually, this makes it drop down on my list of priorities, ... Read More

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When Travel Unspools Who You Are Apr 19, 2026

I don't travel to become someone new. If anything, travel makes it clear to how many versions of myself were already there. There is the practical version of me, the one who moves through airports with a kind of quiet competence. The one who makes t... Read More