As I dropped off a friend at his home recently, I noticed two women nearby. They were holding hands. One…
GOP delegation blasted for stoking fear and hatred at southern border
U.S. Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) criticized the “rhetoric of fear and hatred” used Monday by Rep. John Katko (R-NY) and…
The rewarding encounters of a U.S. Census enumerator
Yesterday I ended my six-week stint as an enumerator with the U.S. Census Bureau, going door-to-door as part of the…
Humanity Knows No Borders
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Our companion, an asylum seeker recently released from an immigration detention center in Calexico, Calif., asked…
My New Normal is Going to the Dogs
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Author John Grau, ensconced in his new normal. Photo © Mary Beth Grau. By JOHN GRAU…
If you witness a ‘random act of decency,’ share it with us
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Sense of Decency is soliciting personal stories of … well, decency. If you have witnessed an…
Author examines the planet’s vulnerability as well as her own
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Author Debbie Urbanski on the deck of her home in Syracuse, N.Y. Photo © Jim McKeever…
‘I knew instantly the kind of hate I was about to receive’
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By JIM McKEEVER I am in awe of James Baldwin. The novelist, poet, essayist and activist…
The greatest of these is love
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Volunteers with Team Brownsville in Texas play with children recently arrived from Mexico. Photo © Jim…
‘Do not close the door and turn away’
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A group of asylum seekers is admitted into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico, 2019. Photo ©…
‘Stony the Road’ is essential reading in the struggle for justice
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By WILLIAM D. SUNDERLIN The abolition of slavery in 1865 through the 13th amendment, together with…
