Good News: Straight People Don’t Need a Parade

| Jun 11, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracySome brave hetero activists are attempting to organize a “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston. Oh just kidding — did I say brave activists? I meant people with neo-Nazi ties. That’s right: According to ThinkProgress, the organizers of the “straight pride...

Racism as a Public Health Crisis

| Jun 5, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRacism is often viewed as an action performed by individuals. But even if we got rid of all America’s prejudiced individuals, racism would still exist in the systems they built. Systemic racism, writer Jenee Desmond-Harris explains, refers to how racial disparities...

Taking Farmers for a Ride

| May 28, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedOver the last year, President Trump has taken farmers on a roller coaster ride that’s finally gone off the rails. Escalating trade fights have kicked farmers, already mired in a five-year slump, in the gut. Now, the administration is working up a new trade aid...

America Needs a Long-Term Care Program for Seniors

| May 21, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBy 2035, seniors are projected to outnumber children in the U.S. population. Maybe then we’ll look back and credit Washington state activists for being on the forefront of tackling America’s elder care crisis. On May 13, the state became the first in the nation to...

Foreign Aid That Costs an Arm and a Leg — Literally

| | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMy friend Andrew Rubin is an amputee. He’s lost his right hand, lower arm, right foot, and lower leg. He used to be an avid runner and cyclist. He can’t do much of that anymore, although his walking is getting much better. Soon he might be able to run with his...

The Most Dangerous Time for Women’s Rights in Decades

| May 15, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThis op-ed was originally published on April 24. It was updated on May 15 to include more recent developments. We’re living in the most perilous time for abortion rights and reproductive freedom since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. While some erosion of...