| Jan 20, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe year 2020 will be remembered in history for a deadly pandemic and a deep economic crisis that touched almost every country on earth. Hopes for a brighter 2021 were one of the few things most people could agree on. But just six days into the new year, these hopes...
| 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...
| | 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...
| 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...
| | 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...
| 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...