| Sep 15, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI remember finding out I was about to become a mother. I felt the fear taking hold of me. My brain stopped. I remember crying but had no tears. I remember trying to run, but I couldn’t move. No one had prepared me for motherhood — my own mother abandoned me when...
| Apr 28, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTens of millions of people in this country have experienced violence, abuse, and sexual assault. These are traumatic experiences, often made all the worse for survivors by the legal system. Now there’s a movement underway to change that. In university law classes and...
| Jun 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my sisters and me a better life. She worked hard to make sure we had food on our table and a roof over our heads, often doing two and three jobs at a time. ...
| May 1, 2019 | Environment / HealthI’ve spent the past three years in therapy for trauma. I do a type of therapy called Somatic Experiencing that’s highly effective and has turned my entire life around. Thanks to this therapy, I’ve lost weight, I’ve developed healthy sleep habits, and I smile more. I’m...
| Feb 20, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs the sister of a brother lost to an opioid overdose, Trump’s claim that we need a border wall in order to keep drugs out is offensive to me on multiple levels. Fact checkers also report that his claims are not true — a border wall would not keep drugs out of our...