| Aug 31, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI come from a football family. Across the South and much of the country, including in the Wiregrass region of Alabama where I live, it’s almost a religion. Working-class kids here dream of growing up to play football in college and the NFL. Our family gathered around...
| | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis fall, students are heading back to school with the memory of the Uvalde, Texas shooting still fresh. Instead of excitement about new backpacks and first-day-of-school outfits, many children and their families are worrying about safety. Unfortunately, while...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThose who wish to perpetuate the failed public policy of cannabis criminalization have lost the hearts and minds of the American public. And they know it. With public support for marijuana policy reform reaching super-majority status in recent years, prohibitionists...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP FeaturedWe’re told that higher education is one of the best ways to overcome poverty. But for many indebted borrowers, it’s been just the opposite. Since 1980, the cost of college has increased at nearly 9 times the rate of paychecks. If you’re poor and don’t join...
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