| Oct 17, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / Democracy Elizabeth Warren recently released DNA results as evidence she has a Native American ancestor. Trump, meanwhile, has been referring to Warren as “Pocahontas” to ridicule that claim. The two show useful examples of different kinds of racism. Trump’s...
| | Editors Picks|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWhen San Diego resident Gerald Stark’s rent increased and he couldn’t afford another apartment, the retired union pipefitter moved into his RV. But because he lacked an address, San Diego law made it almost impossible for him to park his RV legally. Soon the city...
| Oct 16, 2018 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAs the 2018 midterms approach, we’re living in a moment when progressive and even leftist ideas — and unabashed, unapologetic idealism — can be cool. Progressive candidates have won congressional or gubernatorial primaries by ardently supporting so-called radical...
| Oct 10, 2018 | RoundupThis week, while so much else was happening, the war in Afghanistan quietly turned 17. America’s longest war seldom gets front-page coverage, and politicians scarcely bother to discuss it anymore. And that, Stacy Bannerman writes this week, is why thousands of...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyShortly before he became a Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh made two things clear: He likes beer. And he’s a self-righteous beneficiary of presumption of innocence. Indeed, Kavanaugh was provided a considerable benefit of the doubt for a man credibly...
