| Apr 24, 2019 | RoundupMy home state of Ohio recently passed a “heartbeat bill,” an intentionally unconstitutional measure that would effectively ban abortion in the state — with no exceptions for rape or incest. As Martha Burk notes this week, other states are considering...
| | Economy / BusinessWe typically think of urban neighborhoods when we think of gentrification — places where modest-income families thrived for generations suddenly becoming no-go zones for all but the affluent. The waters around us have always seemed a place of escape from all this...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyFats Domino sings: “I found my thrill, on Blueberry Hill.” Maybe, but America’s richest corporate powers know precisely where to find their thrill: On Capitol Hill. They rushed there in 2017 with a passion hotter than high school love, spewing the pheromones of...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyHere’s a headline I saw recently: “Black female physicist pioneers technology that kills cancer cells with lasers.” And here’s a prediction: If the physicist had been a white man instead of a black woman, he would’ve been simply called a “physicist” — not a “white...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a black woman who was raised in poverty, I understand what it means to face constant hardships. I grew up in a single parent household watching my mother’s mental health deteriorate over time. She relies on disability checks to support herself, so hasn’t been...
