It’s Always Been About Race

| Jun 10, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySix right-wing Supreme Court justices just required that elections in Alabama be carried out using plainly racist maps designed to eliminate a Black-majority congressional district. It was an extraordinary move in the wake of the Court’s already extraordinary decision...

Big Tech Built a Gig Economy That Works Against Us

| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedRecent reporting has confirmed what many working people already feel every day: companies are using personal data to decide the lowest wage someone will accept. What working people call exploitation, Silicon Valley calls innovation. The seven largest gig platforms in...

Wages Haven’t Kept Up — And Working Families Are Paying the Price

| Jun 3, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedFor years, Congress and elected officials across the country have sidestepped one of the clearest economic problems facing working families: the minimum wage no longer keeps pace with the real cost of living. Today, even full-time work at the federal minimum wage...

There’s No ‘Moral’ Death Penalty

| May 27, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a long-time death penalty abolitionist, I’ve often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to stop. But the real problem is that the train should never have been built....

Don’t Expect Cheap Gas Anytime Soon

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThere are flickering signs that the United States and Iran might negotiate a settlement to end the unprovoked war launched by President Trump earlier this year. A settlement would be welcome news. But even if a deal happens tomorrow, here’s the reality:...

The Need for Supreme Court Reform Is Clearer Than Ever

| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTo preserve our democracy, we must reform the Supreme Court. In its recent Louisiana v. Callais decision, the Court’s Republican majority completed its years-long campaign to neuter the Voting Rights Act. Not coincidentally, they dramatically tilted the electoral...