| Feb 26, 2020 | Peace / SecurityBig, high walls can be troublesome. Ask Humpty Dumpty. However, for a real-life, epic story about wall troubles, ponder the trials and tribulations of our very own president. He can’t seem to get his “big beautiful wall” funded or even taken seriously, much less...
| 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...
| Nov 20, 2019 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy“Is Trump a racist?” I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on...
| Sep 4, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump discusses immigration as if the benefits of residence in the U.S. are a pie. When immigrants get more, the people who were already here get less. In general, that’s not true. When immigrants come here, they don’t just take some jobs (often low-wage jobs...
| Aug 21, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIt was a quiet Sunday night when my dad told me to hide in a closet — and stay there until he said to come out. As I sat in the dark, I knew this was part of my life, part of my identity. The darkness and fear slowly penetrated my heart. I tightened up my fist, as if...
