| Mar 23, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFor decades, critics of single-payer health care have raised the menace of rationed care, long waits, and “death panels.” Now, in our collective national effort to “flatten the curve” — to slow the spread of coronavirus to prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed — we...
| Mar 17, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs Americans do everything they can to stay safe and limit their exposure to COVID-19, we are seeing more clearly the great divides in our society. While the virus doesn’t discriminate, we are seeing that its impacts certainly do. In a pandemic, there’s a huge...
| Mar 11, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMy granddaughter’s school has planned a trip to Thailand. Two things worry me. First, that she or her classmates might be exposed to or catch the coronavirus. Second, that if they did, President Trump would try his best to keep them from returning to the United...
| Mar 3, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe 2020 presidential campaign is well underway, and it’s noisy. Candidates make promises, break promises, offer assurances, and spin the news constantly. What’s one way to get a clear look at their priorities? In the case of a sitting president, by looking at their...
| Feb 26, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyBlack History Month came and went with little celebration due to coverage of the impeachment trial and 2020 presidential primaries. As disappointing as this has been, it did have one surprising highlight: a video compiled by Google celebrating black history makers who...
| Feb 19, 2020 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFebruary is supposed to be Black History Month — but this month, there hasn’t been much celebrating. Day after day, the news has been consumed with the impeachment trial and its aftermath, as well as the ups and downs of the 2020 presidential race, which now includes...
