| Aug 21, 2025 | RoundupIt’s that time of year again: new CEO pay figures! This week in OtherWords, my colleague Sarah Anderson shares her annual roundup of the worst offenders when it comes to stiffing the workers who make companies valuable. “The gap between CEO compensation...
| | HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump mobilized the D.C. National Guard under the guise of restoring security in the nation’s capital — despite D.C.’s crime rate being at a 30-year low. What began as a deployment of 800 D.C. National Guard troops has grown to encompass 2,091 as of this...
| Aug 20, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI thought I knew a lot about displacement, housing insecurity, and homelessness. Then I experienced it for real. I grew up with a roof over my head and got my Ph.D., writing a dissertation about families displaced from their homes. But instead of the American Dream, I...
| Aug 19, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyCredit where it’s due: President Trump has a talent for getting the chattering classes talking about whatever he wants. Especially when he really doesn’t want them talking about other stuff. That’s how we should view Trump’s latest drama in Washington, D.C.,...
| Aug 13, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn one night, Israel murdered Al Jazeera’s entire media crew in Gaza City. The Israeli military admitted to assassinating the journalists in an August 10 airstrike on a media tent outside Al-Shifa hospital. The strike killed Al Jazeera Arabic correspondents Anas...
