Last weekend I watched the Noah Kahan documentary.

Early Grief

After my son was killed, I stopped sleeping.

Imagined Witnesses to a Single Afternoon

A Prayer for the Children

I am speaking today as a mother who lost a child to an unsecured gun and as someone who has spent the past eight years fighting to pass Ethan’s Law so no other family has to endure what mine did.

I’m sharing this dream and this piece because grief taught me something I now know to be true: one of the most important things we can do on this earth is let people know they are not alone.

The Cost of Not Turning Away

In the weeks after Ethan died, I was moving through the world in a fog.

On Jan. 31, 2018, Ethan Song went to his neighbor’s house in Connecticut and was playing with guns when he was fatally shot — throwing his family into turmoil as they grieved and tried to heal, eventu...

Eight Years Later, I Carry You.

What my son’s unfinished WWII report taught me about the danger of looking away.

In The Darkest Times, Good Remains

I stared out the train window at the Christmas lights dotting the depressing landscape.

I once told a friend I felt a strange kind of pity for Trump.

Jaylen Prince, a teenager who was found guilty of shooting and killing a classmate inside a Maryland high school in 2024, was sentenced to life in prison with all but 75 years suspended.

Continuing unemployment claims jumped to 1.97 million in late July, according to a Labor Department report, highlighting a weakening labor market.

A 3-year-old boy died after he accidentally shot himself in an East Point home Wednesday morning, according to police.

The toddler was flown to a hospital in Georgia, where he was pronounced dead, police said.

Troubling video shows Bernalillo County deputies trying to safely disarm two young boys holding a loaded handgun.