| Nov 18, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedThis week my students turned in papers relating news articles to what they learned in class about parenting. Every single student’s paper is about how the pandemic is exacerbating pre-existing inequalities. I’m a teaching assistant in a family sociology course, and...
| | Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyLet’s talk about turkey! No, not the Butterball now pouting in the Oval Office. I’m talking about the real thing — the big bird, 46 million of which Americans will devour on Thanksgiving. It was the Aztecs who first domesticated the gallopavo, but leave it...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedLike everyone else with a pre-existing medical condition, I’ve been holding my breath, anxious about the latest attempt to undo the life-saving provisions of the Affordable Care Act. This time, it’s yet another Republican lawsuit that’s gone all the way to the U.S....
| Nov 12, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump’s refusal to accept the judgment of the American people might just seem like denial. But in denying the legitimacy of over 77 million votes against him, Trump and leading Republican politicians are implementing a design more sinister than poor...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOn many issues, our country is deeply divided. But when it comes to loosening the longstanding prohibition on cannabis, most Americans agree. On Election Day, voters in states across the country approved a series of ballot proposals legalizing the use and distribution...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI used to think the only thing that mattered about politicians were the policies they supported. In my defense, I still think we shouldn’t assess our approval of the leader of the free world based on whether we’d want to have a beer with them. The traits I’d find...
