Master Sergeant Henry Root adjusted his tactical vest one final time and prepared for what would be his last mission in Afghanistan. Twenty-two years of distinguished service had earned him respect throughout the ranks,…
The silence in Jason’s office had that specific quality, the kind that settles in right before a car crash. It was a gray New York Friday afternoon, the sort that makes you question every…
Eight minutes before my category was called, I was standing in the women’s restroom of the Chicago Grand Ballroom with my phone face up in my palm, staring at a photograph someone had sent…
The only woman on Tennessee’s death row has asked the governor to spare her life. Lawyers for Christa Gail Pike formally requested that Governor Bill Lee step in and stop her scheduled execution. Their…
The night I pushed my way through our stuck front door, grocery bags cutting into my wrist and rain-soaked shoes squelching with every step, I was already irritated. My feet ached, my back ached,…
You learn a lot about a person by watching how they eat a shrimp cocktail when they think nobody important is looking. I’ve spent twenty years standing in the corners of ballrooms that smell…