<div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p>Dear readers,</p>
<div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p>Michael Sean Winters is taking a break today from his weekly newsletter, but look for it again next week. </p>
<p>You can catch up on all his National Catholic Reporter pieces <a href="https://www.ncronline.org/authors/michael-sean-winters">here</a>. Below are a few of his recent pieces. </p>
Erin Edwards served as a Navy helicopter pilot for more than a decade. Now, she writes. She is a graduate of the United States Naval Academy with a master's in journalism from Stanford University and a 2023 Pat Tillman Foundation Scholar. Her work has been published in The Washington Post, ProPublica, The Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle, War Horse Journal and others.
<h2><a style="color: #04619d; text-decoration: none;" href="https://www.ncronline.org/opinion/heres-how-make-labor-day-more-holiday… how to make Labor Day more than a holiday</a></h2><div style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 15px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="byline">by Michael Sean Winters</div><div style="font-size: 19px; font-family: 'Georgia', serif;"><p>NCR's Michael
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