| Jul 23, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI recently read over my son’s last report card and was overwhelmed with pride. It showed how far he’s come — progress that, not long ago, felt out of reach. I made mental notes of the areas where we still need to do some work, but mostly I just sat with the joy of...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis July marked 80 years since the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb in the desert of southern New Mexico, marking the start of the nuclear age — and an ongoing nightmare for the people who call the area home. That test, known as Trinity, blanketed...
| Jul 17, 2025 | RoundupThis week in OtherWords, native Texan Chisom Okorafor mourns the lives lost in the state’s devastating recent floods, including the 27 kids at a Christian summer camp much like the ones she attended as a child. But this disaster wasn’t completely natural,...
| | HP SubfeaturedSurprisingly, top Republicans in Congress and the White House have recently been praising labor! Well, not laborers — but “laboring.” “Work,” exclaim these politicos, provides “dignity” to all who labor. Dignity? Obviously, they’ve never been inside a meatpacking...
| Jul 16, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyGrowing up in Texas, many of my summers were spent at summer church camps just like Camp Mystic, where 27 girls died in the recent flash floods. Over 130 people in central Texas have been confirmed dead overall. Had I been just a few years younger, it’s hard not to...
