| Feb 20, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs the sister of a brother lost to an opioid overdose, Trump’s claim that we need a border wall in order to keep drugs out is offensive to me on multiple levels. Fact checkers also report that his claims are not true — a border wall would not keep drugs out of our...
| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMidland, Michigan, where my husband and I are raising our two young children, is a small town surrounded by rural communities. Many of us living here have seen, generation-by-generation, that we’re falling behind. Our anxiety is real, but we wholeheartedly...
| Feb 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIn the struggle to address rising levels of opioid misuse and mortality, an unlikely ally has emerged: marijuana. The relationship between cannabis and opioid use is among of the best-documented aspects of marijuana policy. In short, the science demonstrates that...
| Feb 12, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI became involved in climate advocacy when I realized how dramatically my son’s life would be affected by climate change if we don’t do anything. He was three years old when I started to imagine what his world would be like when he graduates from school, when he gets...
| Feb 6, 2019 | Environment / HealthA few weeks ago, some friends and I planned to meet up for drinks. One person was cagey about what time she was available to hang out that evening, and another said nothing at all — and then didn’t join. Ultimately it turned out the former had an appointment for...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt was noon one recent Saturday in Northern Michigan, and temperatures were 30 degrees below 0. Winter storm warnings were blaring about the necessity of staying indoors, with dire reminders of the lethal consequences for being outside. People had 10 minutes at best...
