| Oct 6, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyImages of Border Patrol officers on horseback whipping Black migrants shocked many Americans. President Biden called them “outrageous” and “wrong” and promised an investigation. Many members of Congress also spoke out. Given this reaction, you could be forgiven for...
| Sep 8, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBack in the 19th century, Texas was awash in vigilante groups. In those dark years, various self-appointed “law enforcers” modeled after the Texas Rangers embarked on a decades-long campaign of ethnic cleansing of Indigenous peoples in the western...
| Jul 14, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyHerd immunity is important in stopping deadly viruses, but in politics the herd instinct can send a whole species over a cliff. Witness the frenzied herd of Republican governors now stampeding behind the scaremongering scheme of Texas Governor Greg Abbott to use the...
| Jun 30, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI grew up in a poor, undocumented family. I was lucky — we got our legal residency, I got an education, and now I have a good job. But no one should have to count on luck. Here’s my story and what I’ve learned. My dad came to the U.S. to work through the Bracero...
| Mar 17, 2021 | Rights / DemocracyIn February, Texas Senator Ted Cruz ran off to a luxury resort in sunny Cancún, Mexico during the deep freeze that devastated millions of his constituents. But I wasn’t mad that Ted fled. What upset me was that the government let him back into our country. Cruz is,...
