| Jan 26, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFrom 1920 until 1938, a flag on Fifth Avenue in New York City proclaimed an uncomfortable reality to passers-by on New York’s busy streets: “A man was lynched yesterday.” In the South, where Jim Crow held a vice grip on the government 60 years after the end of the...
| | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMore Americans now support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) than keeping it. A January 13, 2026 Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent want to eliminate ICE, compared to 43 percent who support preserving it. It’s a trend that’s been growing...
| Jan 21, 2026 | RoundupLast week, we shared Dedrick Asante-Muhammad’s reflection that Martin Luther King, Jr.’s warnings about the “giant triplets” of racism, militarism, and materialism seemed “more prescient than ever.” This week, Mitchell Zimmerman — a...
| | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn the mid-1960s, I joined the freedom movement in the South as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Those were heady years, and I am proud of my small role in the great achievements of that time. Our...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedOver a quarter of Americans live paycheck to paycheck and have less than $1,000 in emergency savings. This means there’s no buffer when the car breaks down or an unexpected hospital bill hits. Congress’s recent cuts to SNAP and Medicaid will worsen this crisis for...
