| Jun 5, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityNews about climate change has been so spooky for so long that it can feel like background noise. We find a way to carry on like normal, even when the news is disquieting. Well, let me tell you I’m having a moment when it’s hard to do that. For me the trigger was a...
| Oct 10, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyAfter Brett Kavanaugh was confirmed, my Facebook feed filled up with people telling one another to vote in the midterms. “If you don’t like what’s happening in America, vote!” they said. And yes, I’ll vote. I always vote. As a believer in...
| May 16, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump has prompted a new era of attacks on journalists, emboldening other politicians across the country and around the globe to follow suit. These assaults on the credibility of the news media have already had an alarming impact: Two months before the 2016...
| Jan 25, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyAcross the U.S. women just pulled off the largest protest in American history. They were joined by sister marches around the world — in Europe, Africa, and even Antarctica. But before we get carried away with euphoria, we should heed some wise words from a former...
| Mar 30, 2016 | Peace / SecurityThe ISIS supporters who attacked Brussels killed more than 30 people and injured hundreds more. Bombings at the city’s airport and a subway station blew up the notion that measures taken after the Paris siege were keeping Europe safe. The scariest part of this story...
