| Aug 21, 2019 | RoundupThis week marks 400 years since the first enslaved people were brought to America’s shores. In OtherWords, Jessicah Pierre explains how that four-century legacy is a lived reality today, not ancient history. Meanwhile, we offer a pair of powerful first-hand...
| | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingDonald Trump loves farmers. We know this because he says so. “Farmers, I LOVE YOU!” he declared in December. But he’s been “loving” them to death, with policies that are causing farm prices to tumble, miring our ag economy in the ditch and creating a rising tsunami...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBurning fossil fuels boils our planet — that much is generally well known. But often these fuels do serious damage before they ever get to market. They spill out of pipelines, poison groundwater, or explode on trains. Even when they don’t, building new pipelines and...
| | Rights / DemocracyAs another school year starts, I look forward to heading back to the classroom. I love class when I’m teaching it. I hate it when I’m there as a student. I’m getting a PhD at the moment, so it’s not that I don’t love learning. It’s...
| | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIt was a quiet Sunday night when my dad told me to hide in a closet — and stay there until he said to come out. As I sat in the dark, I knew this was part of my life, part of my identity. The darkness and fear slowly penetrated my heart. I tightened up my fist, as if...
