| Feb 3, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe stock of private prison giants like GEO Group and CoreCivic plummeted recently after President Joe Biden signed an executive order phasing out the use of federal private prisons. The move was celebrated by criminal justice advocates as a small but necessary step...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Joe Biden has repealed the Muslim ban. As the news rolled in, I remembered how I felt four years ago, when the Trump administration first announced its intention to ban people from from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the country. The feeling...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyUnity and bipartisanship sound wonderful. But can anyone explain how “building bridges” to today’s GOP will get anything done? Republicans now demand “unity” even as many embrace the big lie that President Biden stole the election from Trump — and even after some...
| Jan 27, 2021 | RoundupOne of the major provisions put forth as a COVID-19 relief measure is a proposal to raise the paltry U.S. minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 an hour. That would make a huge difference for essential workers. As Sam Pizzgati writes this week, drugstore employees at...
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