| Jul 30, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyThis summer, people gathered in cities throughout the country to protest our government’s separation and incarceration of immigrant families. In Alabama, hundreds of local residents came together in Birmingham, Montgomery, and Dothan. It was only the Huntsville rally...
| Jul 25, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyInsanity reigns. The inmates are now officially in charge of the national asylum. Hidebound Donald Trump partisans keep insisting that their man isn’t certifiably insane, despite a mountain of evidence to the contrary. But surely some of them finally must admit...
| Jul 9, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWhat goes around comes around. This familiar phrase explains why Central American families and children are coming up to our back door, seeking asylum in the United States. And they will keep coming — even if the Trump government resumes tearing small children away...
| 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...
| May 23, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyI don’t think I’m alone in believing there’s an intrinsic value to human life. That is, any human, no matter who they are or what they’re like, has worth simply because they’re human. On some basic level, all of us are equal and precious....