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...

Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest

| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA few years ago, massive protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock changed the popular narrative about what climate activism looked like. The protests made clear that ramming dangerous pipelines through vulnerable communities wasn’t going to be easy...

Don’t Trash the Affordable Care Act — Expand It 

| Nov 18, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedLike everyone else with a pre-existing medical condition, I’ve been holding my breath, anxious about the latest attempt to undo the life-saving provisions of the Affordable Care Act. This time, it’s yet another Republican lawsuit that’s gone all the way to the U.S....

Marijuana Was the Clear Winner on Election Night

| Nov 12, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOn many issues, our country is deeply divided. But when it comes to loosening the longstanding prohibition on cannabis, most Americans agree. On Election Day, voters in states across the country approved a series of ballot proposals legalizing the use and distribution...

Putting Out Wildfires, Now and Tomorrow

| Oct 30, 2020 | Environment / Health|Food / FarmingAs a writer and climate activist, I have a deep faith in our ability to heal the planet and ourselves. Even so, 2020 has been a heavy year, with the pandemic spreading, inequality growing, and our democracy fraying — all against a backdrop of wildfires and hurricanes....

Make This Election About Care

| Oct 28, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy mother is a Black woman. But when I had to place her in nursing home care in 2016, I intentionally chose a home in a largely white community. Why? Because she was more likely to survive there. Let me explain. After President Trump’s recent COVID-19 hospitalization,...