War’s horrors may shake our faith. But God is here, even amid the pain. “Against all my doubts, I choose to believe in a God with scars.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

“When the people are suffering, you don’t try to solve their problems; instead, you distract them by giving them someone to hate.” via ⁦New York Times Opinion⁩ nytimes.com/2022/04/18/opi…

I may never understand what happened, but I can be more understanding toward others. When people …(behave) compassionately, orienting their lives toward goodness instead of happiness, they revise their self-image and regain a sense of meaning. nytimes.com/2022/04/21/opi…

Disgraceful. “Christopher Rufo helped make critical race theory a conservative rallying cry. Now he sees L.G.B.T.Q. issues as an even more potent line of attack.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/04/24/us/…

“Many people would look at the spiraling circus and think: This is bad. Low-level, nonpartisan school boards are not where these radioactive political issues should be hashed out. Someone should find a way to reduce the heat on these public servants.” nytimes.com/2022/04/23/opi…

What I learned from one man’s help and civility - With just a little effort, we could change the country. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

“Over the past decade and a half, many young, college-educated workers have faced a disturbing reality: that it was harder for them to reach the middle class than for previous generations.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/04/28/bus…

But Harvard University’s report ..:bluntly illustrates a crime many Americans prefer to ignore: The whole nation, not just the South, grew rich and powerful from the unpaid labor of enslaved African Americans. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

If the State can force me to have a child, the State can force me not to have one. Would my beloved daughter with disabilities be alive in this scenario? Would I have been allowed to risk my life to give birth to another child born so prematurely and still try again? I think not.

The best path toward reducing the incidence of abortion is to offer far more support to women, both during pregnancy and as they raise their children. …child credits, expanded child care and paid parental leave… washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

“Prosperity is only for decoration,” he continued. “After all, there are luxury shopping malls and hotels in North Korea, too.” via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/05/06/bus…

Washington Post wins Pulitzer Prize for public service for Jan. 6 coverage - 100 reporters contributed washingtonpost.com/media/2022/05/…

She is preparing for a rush of calls in anticipation of a summer spike. Families lose access to school social workers and counselors after students finish classes. myfox8.com/news/north-car…

“Character is not measured by a person’s beliefs but by the ability to see the full humanity of others.” via @NYTOpinion nytimes.com/2022/05/26/opi…

Rest easy. via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2022/06/07/edu…

The situation is “unprecedented in its scale, and in the proliferation of organized groups who are trying to remove whole lists of books at once in multiple school districts, across a growing number of states … washingtonpost.com/books/2022/06/…

While some credit is due, let’s not build any statues (for whose career-defining achievement is that after years of working for perhaps the most corrupt president in history, in the end they declined to participate in the destruction of American democracy washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

It’s worth asking ourselves, as a nation, what it is about our political and legal systems that leads to so many policies that we Americans — even at our worst — don’t necessarily support.” ⁦New York Times Opinion⁩ nytimes.com/2022/06/26/opi…

“And yet the people who will stand out to me, who showed courage above and beyond what ordinary Americans should be expected to do, were Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…

“Previous Supreme Court majorities have expanded the rights and opportunities of the marginalized — women, of course, but also racial and ethnic minorities, LGBTQ citizens, the disabled. The junta clearly sees these rights as suspect.” washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/…