| Jun 4, 2019 | HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHappy Pride month! It’s June so it’s time to bust out the rainbows and… actually, I have a lot of conflicted feelings about it. Supposedly, Pride is when we all come together to celebrate queerness in all forms. Yet, we non-straights are not all the...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWhere some of us see distressed neighborhoods — where families endure poverty and homes fall into disrepair — others see dollar signs. In fact, the Trump administration now brands them “opportunity zones,” offering tax breaks to investors who invest capital there....
| May 28, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthI don’t think I’m alone in feeling this way, but here goes: I can’t deal with climate change. I can’t read about it, I can’t watch documentaries on it, and I can’t think about it. I feel too powerless, and it hurts too much. The result feels like apathy, but it’s not...
| | RoundupThe Trump administration recently announced a $16 billion aid package — the second of its kind — for farmers victimized by the administration’s own trade policies. This week in OtherWords, Ben Lilliston explains how the president’s erratic,...
| | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLet us now contemplate the morality tale of the Good Samaritan. Not the one in the New Testament, but the one out in the high desert region around Marfa, Texas, just 60 miles from the Mexican border. It’s the story of Teresa Todd, the city attorney in Marfa. On...
