GOP Ads Cry “Crime!” But Homicides Are Actually Falling

| Oct 26, 2022 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIf you’re trying to process all those political ads you’re seeing about crime, you’d better look at the facts. First of all, why are we hearing about this now? Republican-appointed justices just canceled the right to abortion. Most Republicans oppose acting to protect...

Republican ‘Solutions’ Will Make Inflation Worse

| Oct 19, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyMy wife and I recently had the tremendous misfortune of needing to buy a car. Car prices, you may know, reached an all-time high between this year and last. There are now rumblings of a gradual decline, but rising interest rates will likely offset any savings. So with...

Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift

| Oct 10, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFulfilling a high-profile campaign pledge, President Joe Biden recently announced that his office will be issuing pardons to several thousand Americans with federal convictions for marijuana possession offenses. “There are thousands of people who have prior federal...

Safe Tap Water Should Be a Human Right

| Oct 5, 2022 | Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe water drips lethargically from the tap, if at all. Its appearance shifts from chemical brown sludge to ghoulish clouds. The accompanying stench is revolting. Unsafe tap water is unacceptable in any modern society. But from Michigan to Mississippi to Tribal...

Census Data Proves Anti-Poverty Measures Work

| Sep 22, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that poverty dropped notably in 2021. Amid a pandemic and widespread economic pain, this is a significant accomplishment. There are three lessons here — about government programs, about how we measure poverty, and about how far...

Remembering Barbara Ehrenreich, Who Exposed the ‘Cult of Positive Thinking’

| Sep 14, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedThe late Barbara Ehrenreich was best known for her 2001 bestseller Nickel and Dimed, which showed that hard-working people simply weren’t making it in America. But Ehrenreich, who passed away this September at 81, made an equally great contribution to economic justice...