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This Tragedy Was a Choice
If you value low taxes more than children’s lives, don’t call it fiscal responsibility. Call it what it is: neglect.
Jul 11
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Brian Piñon
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We Still Must Celebrate
A reflection on reclaiming patriotism, holding onto democratic values, and why we still must celebrate the 4th of July—even when it’s hard. Written by…
Jul 4
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Brian Piñon
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June 2025
Fire
A searing reflection on power, responsibility, and community—told through smoke, saffron, and one hell of a paella pan.
Jun 27
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Brian Piñon
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The Table We’re Fighting For
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Jun 20
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Katie Shaw Thompson
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Room Enough for All
Not to own.To build.A reflection on masculinity, vulnerability, and becoming the man I never saw modeled—but knew I had to become.”New at The Warm…
Jun 13
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Brian Piñon
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May 2025
Still Learning to Ride Straight
Five summers later, the trail looks the same—but everything has changed. In this tender reflection, Katie revisits the early pandemic days of parenting…
May 30
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Katie Shaw Thompson
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Mother’s Day is complicated.
Mother’s Day isn’t easy for everyone. Grief, longing, judgment, and fierce love all live here. In this essay, Katie Shaw Thompson opens the door to a…
May 16
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Katie Shaw Thompson
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Tending the Fire of Citizenship
We don’t need louder slogans. We need practiced trust, principled debate, and people willing to show up. Our latest essay reflects on Pope Francis’s…
May 2
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Brian Piñon
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Katie Shaw Thompson
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April 2025
We Were Never Meant to Do This Alone
We’ve been sold a lie: that needing help is weakness, that self-sufficiency is strength. But the truth is, we’re all fragile—and we were never meant to…
Apr 25
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Brian Piñon
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The Festival of Unbroken Walls
A Nova Lysium Story– On a day of celebration in a city born from ruin, an eleven-year-old girl meets someone unexpected—and discovers what it really…
Apr 19
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Brian Piñon
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Katie Shaw Thompson
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The Aldi Quarter Magic
What if a quarter could be a kind of grace?In The Aldi Quarter Magic, Katie Shaw Thompson explores what anger, kindness, and a cart-sharing ritual…
Apr 11
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Katie Shaw Thompson
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Weight-Bearing
A powerful, personal story of trauma, recovery, and finding your voice again. Weight-Bearing explores what it means to carry pain—and still stand.
Apr 4
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Brian Piñon
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