My grandfather arrived in Houston in 1942 as a refugee from Nazi Germany. He had lost everything - his profession, his language, his money - but the city welcomed him, as it has hundreds of thousands of immigrants over the years. — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
Don't most of us agree that providing school meals to kids who need them is an overwhelmingly good thing? After all, nutrition is essential… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
Grit can't be measured on pop quizzes, but it can often predict long-term success more than mere intelligence. — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
Calling representatives every single day, arranging local community meetings, and marching in the streets every Sunday. It's not the path to glory, but it's… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
In middle school, I had a teacher who regularly reminded students of the Monday night Young Life meetings he sponsored; on Tuesdays, he'd spend… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
I never experienced much outright anti-Semitism. While we learned about the Holocaust - endlessly, it felt like - no spray-painted swastika ever appeared on my childhood landscape. Jewish persecution was an ever-looming reality, but always an abstract one. — Laura Moser Copy Share
Houston's one of the most diverse urban areas in the entire country, and most people here are really proud of that. — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
With our growing attachment to the online universe comes a refined ability to keep tabs on several things at once, to watch stories unfold… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
In my career as a writer, I preferred to avoid current events: I wrote young adult novels and book reviews and lifestyle journalism about… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
If we all band together against extremism and spend a few minutes a day using tools that have been proven to work, we can… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
As more and more minority groups fill our nation's classrooms, what can we do to even the separate-but-forever-unequal playing field? Now that's a question… — Laura Moser Copy Share Image
