| Jul 3, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy As someone who was born and raised in the border state of New Mexico, I’m very familiar with political speak about immigrants and the border, especially when it comes to talking about safety. After 9/11, concerns about safety led to the passing of the Homeland...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump’s choice to separate migrant children from their parents has unleashed a flood of outrage across the political spectrum. While the president has stepped back from separating families at the border, his solution is to imprison children with their parents,...
| Jun 27, 2018 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOver the past few weeks, the news has been wall-to-wall coverage of immigrant children taken from their parents and mistreated at the hands of the U.S. government. Obviously, our first priority as a nation must be to end child concentration camps and to reunite...
| Jun 24, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMy daughter Journi is my best friend. She loves to hear me tell the story of her nickname “Bear,” how when she was born she made a little growl instead of crying. Many years ago, I was separated from Journi while serving a three-month sentence for driving my wife to...