We Need More Than Disaster Recovery — We Need Green Jobs

| Sep 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAs I watched Hurricane Laura churn towards the Gulf Coast, I felt a familiar knot in my stomach. As a longtime first responder to natural disasters, I felt the same way before Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when Hurricane Michael hit the Florida Panhandle in 2018, and...

In the Age of COVID, Elder Care Should Be an Election Issue

| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, many people — including my parents — said they’d rather die than end up in a nursing home. So when my mother suffered a brain aneurysm and became severely disabled at the age of 57, my father and I cared for her at home. I had two...

The Weathering of Black America

| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAfter Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, his autopsy report revealed that at the young age of 39, he had “the heart of a 60-year old.” Doctors concluded that King’s heart had aged due to the stress and pressure endured throughout his 13-year civil...

Military Recruiters Don’t Belong in High Schools

| Aug 11, 2020 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecuritySchools have become contested territory. For years, getting police officers out of schools has been a central goal of racial justice campaigns. Recently, they’ve won victories in Denver, Minneapolis, Portland, Charlottesville, and even on many university campuses....

Teach Anti-Racism In Schools. It’s Worth It.

| Jul 29, 2020 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyRelics of America’s harrowing past are facing new scrutiny, and rightfully so. Statues are falling. NFL teams are renaming themselves. Even syrup brands are being discontinued. Some critics worry that we’ll “forget our history” if we remove these racist symbols....

I Got COVID-19 at Work. I Won’t Be the Last One.

| Jun 29, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAt first, we had no masks. The plan for social distancing was chaotic at best, nonexistent at worst. Hundreds of angry customers were clamoring to get in. And there I was, working the floor of a big box store during a pandemic. It was all hands on deck as COVID-19 hit...