Humanity

Last Saturday in Orlando, the lives of 50 people abruptly ended. After the shooter had been taken down, first responders and EMS searched the club, attempting to organize the unimaginable [...]

I remember thinking this is a bad idea. But it was the first night of freedom, and lots of bad ideas were given birth then. My roommates and I had met some random other freshmen in the courtyard [...]

“Ya, Christians believe that the reason there are natural disasters is because God is punishing the United States for legalizing gay marriage.” The girl sitting several chairs down from me said [...]

He was likely twice my age. He moved so slowly, his steps looked painful and sluggish against the sidewalk. He stopped just under the overpass and lay his dirty backpack against the cold stones [...]

It was a split second decision. I headed towards a run down gas station with chipped paint and ugly fluorescent lights. It wasn’t the type of place you typically want to stop in, but I had [...]

“The skin of my forearm rubbed so raw it all peeled off,” he said. “But no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t get up.” Ed slowly rolled the sleeve of his denim shirt back until I could see the [...]

[pullquote]Often, people work long hard hours at jobs they hate to earn money to buy things they don’t need, to impress people they don’t like. -Nigel Marsh[/pullquote]   There’s [...]

“I read about this stuff in history books! I didn’t think it was still going on. Man, I was naïve.” Andre peers out into the group of predominately white 20-something’s gathered around him [...]

A few weeks ago, I slid into a chair in council chambers in a Dallas/Fort Worth city. I checked my watch and turned on my iPad. Like every second and fourth Tuesday night of the month, I was [...]

Great, another homeless dude wants money from me. My family and I had just finished eating dinner downtown, and as I was walking back to my car, this homeless dude caught my eye and came over to [...]