| Feb 2, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn January, a Tennessee county school board voted unanimously to ban Maus, a graphic novel by Art Spiegelamn about his parents’ experience in Auschwitz, from school classrooms. The ban, which complained about profanity and (mouse) nudity, came shortly before...
| | UncategorizedThis Black History Month, many teachers are bracing for a chill wind as states and school districts across the country pass bans on so-called “critical race theory.” Many wonder if they’ll be penalized simply for teaching history or inviting ...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThere has been a Jekyll and Hyde quality to American health care over the past two years. One the one hand, the federal government has been actively intervening to help people avoid COVID-19 or recover from it. On the other, it’s standing by as Americans struggle with...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre debates for America’s highest office now a thing of the past? The Republican National Committee now plans to make future GOP candidates for president “sign a pledge not to participate in any debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates,” or CPD, The...
| | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhen President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he urged all Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” It’s true — Black...
