Pass the MAT Act to Defeat Overdoses

| Aug 31, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI come from a football family. Across the South and much of the country, including in the Wiregrass region of Alabama where I live, it’s almost a religion. Working-class kids here dream of growing up to play football in college and the NFL. Our family gathered around...

Pot Prohibitionists Fear Democracy More Than Marijuana

| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThose who wish to perpetuate the failed public policy of cannabis criminalization have lost the hearts and minds of the American public. And they know it. With public support for marijuana policy reform reaching super-majority status in recent years, prohibitionists...

Kansas Proved That Abortion Rights Can Win in Red States

| Aug 17, 2022 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThere’s no place like home. No statement rang more true as the country recently turned its attention to my home state of Kansas. We’re known for three things: The “Wizard of Oz,” our amazing barbeque, and our conservative voter base. But our ballot initiative on...

Biden’s Inflation Bill Is (Mostly) Good News for People and the Planet

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedPresident Biden and the Democrats are celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a stripped down version of the Build Back Better agenda. The new bill will help reduce inflation, address climate change, and ease economic hardship —  a little, over time,...

Anti-Abortion Extremism Is Scaring Voters. It Should.

| Aug 3, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyOur country may be divided on the issue of abortion. But when it comes down to it, most Americans believe that it’s a pregnant person’s right to decide for themselves whether to continue a pregnancy. That’s not only a blue-state attitude — it’s just as true in...

Remembering Bill Collins

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI learned this week about the passing of a remarkable man. Bill Collins died recently in a car accident at the age of 87. Bill was a popular former mayor of Norwalk, Connecticut. In his hometown, tributes have poured in celebrating Bill’s legacy of revitalizing the...