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Why Some People Don’t Trust Doctors

Why Some People Don’t Trust Doctors

| Aug 27, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedOn a recent night on duty at my hospital, I was called to the room of a 60-year-old patient from Puerto Rico. He had a treatable cancer that had now turned end-stage and metastatic. But he refused medical interventions such as intubation or resuscitation. Upon...
Name and Shame Big Political Contributors

Name and Shame Big Political Contributors

| Aug 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis August, a phony controversy erupted over wealthy donors to President Trump’s campaign and political action committee being publicly named. After Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) tweeted the names of San Antonio contributors who’d made large donations to support Trump,...
Saving the Planet Means Fighting Bipartisan Corruption

Saving the Planet Means Fighting Bipartisan Corruption

| Aug 21, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBurning fossil fuels boils our planet — that much is generally well known.  But often these fuels do serious damage before they ever get to market. They spill out of pipelines, poison groundwater, or explode on trains. Even when they don’t, building new pipelines and...
Race Is a Social Construct, But It Still Matters

Race Is a Social Construct, But It Still Matters

| Aug 13, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I teach about race in sociology classes, I often begin by asking students how and when the idea of race came about. Lesson one? Race is not a biological reality — it’s a social construct. That doesn’t mean there’s no biological basis to it at all — anyone can...
The Green New Deal Must Be Global

The Green New Deal Must Be Global

| Aug 7, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / FarmingJune 2019 was the hottest June in recorded history. July was even hotter — in fact, it was the hottest month ever recorded worldwide, as a wide swath of the continental United States sweltered with heat indexes of over 100 degrees. Unless new action is taken to curb...
The Other Mexican Migration

The Other Mexican Migration

| Aug 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedYou probably haven’t heard about it, but there’s another mass migration coming across the U.S.-Mexico border. However, these aren’t Central American families fleeing horrific conditions back home — only to be separated, incarcerated, traumatized, and...
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