| Feb 12, 2020 | Environment / HealthI’ve met two people whose relatives got struck by lightning. While I take proper safety precautions when I go camping, I’m not afraid of lightning. A high school friend was killed when she was hit by a train. While I look both ways before crossing the...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWith dozens of Democratic candidates, scores of televised debates, and swarms of reporters and pundits descending on the tiniest blip in polls, this campaign already feels never-ending. But at long last, we’re beginning what matters: Voting! This year, in addition to...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor decades, Republicans have painted anyone left of Barry Goldwater as a “socialist.” Why? Because for a generation raised on the Cold War, “socialist” just seemed like a damaging label. And, probably, it was. You can tell, because many liberal-leaning figures...
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| Feb 11, 2020 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI recently spent three weeks at the border between El Paso, Texas and Juárez, Mexico. The experience strengthened my resolve, as a person of faith and Sister of Mercy, to share more about how the situation there concerns all of us in the United States. In the shelters...
