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Two ICE Killings in 6 Days: The Excuse Never Changes
Government AccountabilityImagrationPolicy

Two ICE Killings in 6 Days: The Excuse Never Changes

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo and Joan Sebastian Guerrero died in ICE shootings six days apart in July 2026. Neither was the target. Here’s what we know.

07/14/202607/14/2026
America’s Two-Tiered Healthcare System: A Service for the Rich, a Fight for Everyone Else
HalthcarePolicy

America’s Two-Tiered Healthcare System: A Service for the Rich, a Fight for Everyone Else

You feel something. A lump, a cough that won’t quit, a pain that’s still there after two weeks. Before you…

07/14/202607/14/2026
Flock Safety Cameras: The Mass Surveillance Network Nobody Voted For
PolicySecurity

Flock Safety Cameras: The Mass Surveillance Network Nobody Voted For

Flock Safety cameras track far more than license plates, and they keep flagging innocent people as suspects. Here is how deep the network actually goes.

07/12/202607/14/2026
How to Fight Your HOA: What I’m Learning the Hard Way
OpinionPolicy

How to Fight Your HOA: What I’m Learning the Hard Way

A real, ongoing dispute with a corporate-managed HOA, and the homeowner rights most people don’t realize they already have.

07/11/202607/12/2026
Pregnant in Texas: The Dangerous Truth About 99 Years
OpinionPolicy

Pregnant in Texas: The Dangerous Truth About 99 Years

My wife and I are trying to start a family. That should feel like some of the best news of…

07/01/202607/14/2026
Climate Change Is Driving the West’s Wildfires and Drought. You Can See It in The Smoke Filled Sky.
Climate ChangePolicy

Climate Change Is Driving the West’s Wildfires and Drought. You Can See It in The Smoke Filled Sky.

Grand Junction is where I grew up. I lived in the Grand Valley for the better part of two decades…

07/01/202607/02/2026
The Transit Funding Gap: Why Highways Race Ahead While Transit Stalls in the Sunbelt
Policy

The Transit Funding Gap: Why Highways Race Ahead While Transit Stalls in the Sunbelt

I watched I-35 clear a path in months. Six years after Austin approved light rail, we’re still waiting on track. That’s the transit funding gap up close, and it’s bigger than Texas.

06/24/202607/12/2026
The Safety Net Shouldn’t Have an On/Off Switch
Policy

The Safety Net Shouldn’t Have an On/Off Switch

A few years ago I read a comment that has never really left me. It went something like this: if…

06/17/202607/12/2026
Accountability After the Chaos: How the U.S. Restores the Rule of Law
Policy

Accountability After the Chaos: How the U.S. Restores the Rule of Law

I keep coming back to the same conclusion When the dust settles, the people who led us to where we…

02/20/202607/12/2026
The Files, the Deadline, and the Silence
Policy

The Files, the Deadline, and the Silence

I’m going to try to write this the way a real person would talk when they’re hurting, without turning it…

01/14/202607/12/2026

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