| May 15, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThis op-ed was originally published on April 24. It was updated on May 15 to include more recent developments. We’re living in the most perilous time for abortion rights and reproductive freedom since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. While some erosion of...
| May 8, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA bill in Texas would allow professionals of all kinds — doctors, pharmacists, electricians — to deny services to LGBTQ customers on religious grounds. This comes alongside the Trump administration’s rollout of a rule that would allow health care providers to actually...
| Apr 30, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor more than 30 years, I’ve led faith-focused delegations to Central America — and since 2016, to U.S.-Mexico border communities. We’ve taken nuns, bishops, rabbis, and grassroots congregants to learn about realities rarely covered in the news. This April...
| Mar 25, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a young mother doing it on my own, Medicaid has become a necessity. After giving birth at 17, I re-enrolled in high school in my hometown of Austin, Texas. But I felt lost. I didn’t know how I could take care of my son — an experience that was entirely new...
| Mar 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|Rights / DemocracySometimes we forget that the progressive movement’s political goal is not just to elect good officials, but to enact good public policy. From my eight-year experience as Texas agriculture commissioner years ago, I can attest that the second goal doesn’t...