| Sep 22, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe House of Representatives just took a much-needed first step in preparing for the next pandemic. The Energy and Commerce Committee announced that the Build Back Better Act, the Biden administration’s $3.5 trillion jobs and infrastructure package, will include $15...
| Sep 15, 2021 | Environment / HealthIn the late 19th century, people protested against mandatory smallpox vaccines. Despite them, today we live in a world without smallpox. COVID-19 policy is not a value-neutral, objective matter of science. The people of a nation as diverse as ours will have differing...
| Sep 8, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBack in the 19th century, Texas was awash in vigilante groups. In those dark years, various self-appointed “law enforcers” modeled after the Texas Rangers embarked on a decades-long campaign of ethnic cleansing of Indigenous peoples in the western...
| Sep 1, 2021 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI grew up in a loving family — financially poor, but spiritually rich. My family was blessed with the abundance of having my two strong grandmothers who helped us make it out of poverty. But when they both died from pollution-related illnesses, I learned that simply...
