| Aug 14, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOf all the memorable moments from this year’s Olympics, there’s one in particular that will stay with me. As the spectacular parade of lighted boats sailed up the Seine to open the games, among them was a small craft filled with 37 competitors in white uniforms. Their...
| Aug 7, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThere’s an image that’s stayed with me for weeks: A sea of people holding up “Mass Deportation Now” signs at the Republican National Convention. Since then, I’ve been plagued with nightmares of mass raids by the military and police across the country. I see millions...
| Jul 31, 2024 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP FeaturedNext year, we’ll have to make one of the most important decisions about the future of our economy. Will we hand more power and wealth to big corporations and the rich — or invest in a healthy and resilient economy that works for all of us? In 2017, Republican...
| Jul 25, 2024 | HP Featured|Peace / SecurityIn a shameful moment for U.S. history, an accused war criminal addressed Congress on July 24. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu came to plead for more arms for his war on Gaza, where the International Court of Justice has found it “plausible” that Israel is...
| Jul 17, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s hard enough not having a safe place to live. Now it’s easier for cities to arrest you for it. “I am afraid at all times,” testified Debra Blake, who’d been forced to live outside in Grants Pass, Oregon for eight years after losing her job and housing. Her...
| Jul 10, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFrom attending summer science demonstrations as a kid to volunteering as a high school student, the library has always been an important presence for me. When I was seven and my dad lost his job, my parents leaned on our community to help raise my sister and me. We...
