Napping, after Tragedy and Rain
By Robyn Hunt. There were 94 school shootings in 2018, the worst year on record.
Journalism in Verse
It’s Like Track, or Golf
By Jill Darling. Presenting the confabulations of President Trump (in his own words).
Against Doubt and Hesitation
By Olga Dermott-Bond. Two nuns stole a substantial amount of school money for a Las Vegas gambling trip.
Processing a Photo of the Parkland Shooter With My Spiritual Director
By Loren Moreno. A novice friar asks how to love a mass shooter.
The Compass of Compassion
By Yvonne Daley. A manifesto in the hopes for a better year than this one's been.
Something There Is That Doesn’t Love a Wall
By Katherine Hoerth. A butterfly sanctuary's fate is up against Trump's border wall.
Lost Crossing
By Jed Myers. At the end of her journey from Guatemala, seven-year-old Jakelin Caal died while in U.S. custody.
Seven Minutes of Terror
By JS Makkos. A poem in a microchip on the surface of Mars, far from consumerist Earth.