by Sophie Trist — In the United States, the death penalty is generally used for those convicted of first-degree or premeditated murder,...

by Sophie Trist — Around ten P.M. on the night of February 23, a breaking news alert on my phone told me that Russia had just launched a...

by Sophie Trist — On April 27, the state of Texas plans to execute Melissa Elizabeth Lucio, a Mexican-American mother of twelve, for a...

by Sophie Trist — During a recent video interview, CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said, “The overwhelming number of deaths — over 75%...

by Sophie Trist — On June 16, 1944, fourteen-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person to be legally executed in the United...

by Sophie Trist — The New York Times rang in the new year by releasing its findings that many popular prenatal genetic tests are...

by Sophie Trist — This recent Halloween season has been an unusually scary one. There’s not much scarier for disabled and chronically ill...

by Sophie Trist — President Joe Biden has just become the first U.S. president to issue a proclamation in honor of Indigenous People’s...

by Sophie Trist — On April 15, 2013, two bombs went off near the finish line of the 117th annual Boston Marathon, killing three people...

by Sophie Trist — In May, Texas passed a new abortion law similar to the heartbeat bills passed in other states. Though comparable laws...

by Sophie Trist — Following the brutal murder of George Floyd and subsequent racial justice protests around the globe, the United Nations...

by Sophie Trist — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Min) and Rep. David Price (D-NC) are calling on their fellow members of Congress to sign a letter to...

by Sophie Trist — As advocates of the consistent life ethic, our goal goes far beyond making abortion illegal. We want to make abortion...

by Sophie Trist — Even as support for capital punishment reaches its lowest point in forty years, some states are so eager to kill their...

by Sophie Trist — When President Biden released the first draft of his federal budget proposal on May 28, it lacked a long-standing,...

by Sophie Trist — In April of 2017, the state of Arkansas likely executed an innocent man. Recently-tested evidence from the 1993 murder...

by Sophie Trist — An international team of scientists has created embryos that are part human and part monkey by injecting human stem...

by Sophie Trist — Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is deeply harmful to people with disabilities. Many “right to die” proponents scoff at...

by Sophie Trist — Garrett Bradley’s 81-minute documentary Time, available on Amazon Prime, tells the story of New Orleans prison...

by Sophie Trist — Six months ago, George Floyd’s brutal murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin ripped open old...