by Frederick Clarkson | Feb 3, 2026 | Analysis
Alex Pretti, an ICU nurse at a veterans hospital in Minneapolis, was killed by officers of the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol last month. He is being memorialized nationwide, but chaplains at Veterans Affairs facilities in Massachusetts have been barred from...
by Mitch Randall | Jan 30, 2026 | Opinion
The United States is trying to survive two ice storms this week. A major winter storm moved through much of the country, leaving behind heavy snow and ice from Arizona to Maine. Arctic temperatures settled in behind the front, sending thermometers near or below zero...
by Mary Dyer | Jan 29, 2026 | Opinion
January 7 began as a normal day for Renee Good. She packed her six-year-old son into the back seat, along with his lunch and their large dog, and drove him to school. As she drove home, she noticed out of the corner of her eye a group of huddled ICE agents. She...
by Kali Cawthon-Freels | Jan 27, 2026 | Opinion
I’ve never been a violent person. Even so, I am intimately familiar with the language of violence. I was introduced to it as a teenager in the early 2000s in my charismatic evangelical youth group. Church leaders encouraged us to go everywhere with our “sword” so we...
by Colin Harris | Jan 27, 2026 | Opinion
Those of us who have been around the track more than a few times are familiar with the feeling that comes in response to certain patterns of experience: “I think I’ve seen this movie before.” More than 60 years ago, in the decade-long process of nonviolent...
