| Jun 8, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyNow that the verdict in the Depp-Heard trial is in, the media spectacle of the case may finally begin to die down. But the impact will stay with us for years to come. Over the past several weeks, the internet became a toxic platform for survivors of domestic abuse as...
| Feb 24, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors PicksWith the pandemic taking a devastating toll on local budgets, the U.S. public transit system is battling to survive. For much of the country, this funding crisis jeopardizes an already withering lifeline. For many Americans, public transit is the only option to get to...
| Mar 28, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIt’s now been over a month since 17 teenagers were gunned down at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, culminating in a march that brought nearly a million people to the capital. Yet Congress is still dragging its feet on guns. While Republicans and Democrats...
| Mar 21, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFew people think of nurses like me as being on the frontlines of domestic violence prevention, but we are. Among the thousands of patients I’ve treated, I’ve seen countless women who were abused. When my decades of experience and instincts as an ER nurse prompt me to...
| Dec 7, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyFrom his campaign rhetoric to his transition appointments, our next president has placed himself squarely in a conservative movement calling itself the “alt-right.” That movement, the Los Angeles Times reports, “generally embraces and promotes white...
