| Jan 5, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAt around noon on January 6, 2021, a friend in Virginia Beach sent me a private message: “If you need a place to stay, our living room isn’t much, but at least it’s not in D.C.” More than two dozen similar messages poured in throughout the day from...
| Oct 26, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyFew people, however unfairly, regard Southwest Ohio as a particularly exhilarating place. But every two to four years, just drawing breath there felt like a rush for a kid drawn to politics. It’s a purplish region of a perennial swing state, which means our...
| Aug 22, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAfter a school year marred by shootings, districts across the country have responded this year with calls for more “school resource officers” in classrooms. As a result, many students are returning to schools that feel more like prisons — and in fact form...
| Aug 2, 2017 | Economy / BusinessEvery time the train derails, my mother begs me to stay put. But how can I? Along the densely populated eastern seaboard, your life is structured around transport. Not everyone can live in New York City or Washington D.C., so millions of people who work there commute...
| Aug 24, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyMost children in the United States spend their school days dreaming of their next birthday party or worrying whether they’re popular enough. Not America’s homeless youth. Students like Jamie Talley, who first became homeless at age 2, are thinking about...
