| May 18, 2022 | Rights / DemocracyWhen Supreme Court member Sam Alito’s secret plan for canceling the constitutional right of people to end their pregnancies leaked to the public, Republican politicos went ballistic. Not over this attack on liberty. Over the leak. Republican Chief Justice John Roberts...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyGrowing up in the Southern California suburbs, government surveillance never worried me. But my Syrian-American parents were more cautious. They would often warn me against talking about politics over the phone — in case Big Brother was snooping. As a teenager, I...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAmid the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, rising gas prices, and the existential threat of climate change, policymakers in Washington have a long list of crises to address. But there’s one step that could help mitigate all of them: reducing our dependence on oil — and...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMost Americans don’t think much about the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC. But if you watch TV, use the internet, or own a phone, it plays a major role in your life. The FCC regulates the airwaves, including the corporations that own your local TV and radio...
| | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyBefore a hate-filled 18-year-old murdered 10 and wounded 3 African Americans in Buffalo on May 14, he penned a rambling screed about replacement theory. The most common version of this whiny idea, imported from the more hysterical fringes of the French far right,...
