| Mar 25, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a young mother doing it on my own, Medicaid has become a necessity. After giving birth at 17, I re-enrolled in high school in my hometown of Austin, Texas. But I felt lost. I didn’t know how I could take care of my son — an experience that was entirely new...
| Mar 20, 2019 | Economy / BusinessGet ready to hear a lot about baking this campaign season. When it comes to how wealth is distributed in this country, “pie” is a favorite pundit metaphor. Some politicians want to “re-divide the pie,” so everyone’s slice is more equal in...
| | RoundupThe NCAA “March Madness” basketball tournament is already underway this week — an event that raises nearly $1 billion in revenues for a league whose athletes are entirely unpaid. This week in OtherWords, Brian Wakamo argues that...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn what’s being called the largest college admissions scam ever, a number of wealthy parents, celebrities, and college prep coaches have been accused of offering large bribes to get rich students into Ivy League schools, regardless of their credentials. The parents...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIt’s time to talk about white supremacy. White supremacy — the belief that white people are somehow superior to people of other racial backgrounds, and should therefore politically, economically, and socially rule non-white people — isn’t going away any time...
