| Dec 24, 2018 | Economy / BusinessThis spring, President Trump created an inter-agency federal task force to propose structural reforms in the U.S. Postal Service. In only two months, the task force (comprised entirely of top Trump officials) zapped out a down-and-dirty report with this key...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFor years, Republicans in North Carolina have tried to roll back voter rights in the interest of “preventing fraud.” But now, one of their own — Republican Mark Harris in the state’s 9th congressional district — stands credibly accused of paying a consultant who may...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn this season of (hoped for) peace and goodwill, it’s worth looking for things our divided country can agree on. And since all of us want to be able to trust government to spend wisely, we might find common cause in a surprising place: the Pentagon budget. When you...
| Dec 21, 2018 | RoundupCall me naive for even implying it might have been otherwise, but the news barreled right on into the holiday season. Hundreds of thousands of federal workers this year faced the prospect of getting furloughed right before Christmas, all over that border wall we keep...
| Dec 20, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyEach New Year’s, my wife and I indulge one of our favorite traditions: the household purge. We scour our closets for stuff that’s just taking up space, quietly draining our home’s energy, and move it along. I can’t recommend it enough. This year, America’s doing the...