A Welcome Stopgap, But Not Nearly Enough

| Dec 22, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis holiday season, struggling families and businesses came close to getting a lump of coal from Congress. Only just before Christmas, as critical relief programs were about to expire, did lawmakers manage to pass a $900 billion aid package. The deal is a welcome...

The Coming Battle Over Vaccines

| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWith the new COVID-19 vaccine available, Dr. Anthony Fauci says Americans can begin to achieve herd immunity by next summer. Herd immunity occurs when so many people are immune to the virus that it can’t spread, because an infected person won’t have anyone left to...

Learning the Lessons of the Latino Vote

| Dec 16, 2020 | Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAmong the many lessons learned in this year’s election, one standout is that Latino voter turnout showed the power of extensive, culturally competent voter education and outreach. And in Georgia, we will soon discover whether progressive candidates have learned these...

Mitch McConnell Wants to Let Corporations Kill You

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyProbably the most under-reported story of the year has been how Mitch McConnell is holding Americans hostage in exchange for letting big corporations kill Americans without any consequence. Mitch took you and me hostage back in May, when the House of Representatives...

Failing Students Need Support, Not Blame

| Dec 9, 2020 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAs the semester ends, I fear many of my students will fail my class. Most will pass, thanks to their hard work and a generous grade curve, but I’ve never had this many students failing or dropping the course before. The Washington Post reports that an unprecedented...

We Need an Essential Workers Bill of Rights

| Dec 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyDuring the pandemic, essential workers have become public heroes. These frontline workers include tens of millions of retail employees, from those who stock our grocery shelves to those filling orders for Amazon. With so many people seeing firsthand how low-wage...