| Jul 17, 2019 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyYou’ve heard the cliche: If you’re taking heat from “both sides,” you must be doing something right. It’s dubious advice, but it fits pretty well for “the Squad” — the progressive first-year Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan...
| Jul 10, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe poll tax Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law may cost his state $365 million a year — indefinitely. DeSantis and the GOP-led Florida legislature recently made quick work of dismantling Amendment 4, a voter-approved ballot initiative that would’ve...
| Jul 3, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOver the past several weeks, the brutal terror that immigrants face at the hands of our government has come into even sharper focus. As reports surface about immigrant children sleeping on concrete floors and people being forced to drink water from toilets, one fact...
| Jun 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my sisters and me a better life. She worked hard to make sure we had food on our table and a roof over our heads, often doing two and three jobs at a time. ...
| Jun 19, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyOne night a few years ago, my partner woke up delirious with fever, a bright rash, and joint pain so bad he couldn’t get out of bed without help. I was scared — mostly for his health, but also for our financial situation, which weighed heavily on me during our 4 a.m....
| Jun 11, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracySome brave hetero activists are attempting to organize a “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston. Oh just kidding — did I say brave activists? I meant people with neo-Nazi ties. That’s right: According to ThinkProgress, the organizers of the “straight pride...
