| Mar 2, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyNo one can seriously dispute that Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Biden’s nominee for the Supreme Court, is a brilliant and eminently qualified candidate. Jackson has had a distinguished 10 year career as a respected federal judge. Before that, the Harvard Law...
| Feb 10, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthIn the United States, the popular tide has been ever so slowly turning against fossil fuels. But some still reject this change and the underlying science. Why? Some researchers argue it has to do with masculinity. A recent Huffington Post story raised the issue of...
| Sep 16, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Georgia sun beat down on my uncle Dennis’s front yard the day he cut my hair. It was 2003, my Dad had been deployed to Iraq for half a year, and my mom had driven into town to pick up some groceries. Uncle Dennis grabbed me by the collar and drawled, “Your hair’s...
| Sep 9, 2020 | Rights / DemocracyA gender reveal party just started a wildfire in California — again. In case you aren’t familiar with them, gender reveal parties often use creative methods of revealing the genitalia of an unborn child to expecting parents and their friends and loved ones. The ones...
| Jun 17, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court just affirmed a right I thought I always had: not to be fired for my sexual orientation. The 6-3 ruling found that, under existing civil rights legislation against sex-based discrimination, it’s illegal for employers to discriminate against their...