| Dec 10, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen Dr. Ed Paul visits Nogales, Arizona, he sees well-trained, hardworking doctors and nurses. Yet as in many smaller towns and rural communities, its health care staffing, infrastructure, and funding doesn’t meet the needs of residents. People who need health care...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyGabriel Garcia-Aviles was a 56-year-old grandfather with a work permit who’d been living in the U.S. for over 30 years. He was a beloved member of his Southern California community. This fall, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents detained Garcia-Aviles and...
| Dec 3, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityPresident Trump promised “no new wars,” but his aggression against Venezuela is the exact opposite. The U.S. military has been blowing up alleged “drug boats” near Venezuela that have killed at least 83 people. The UN has condemned these unprovoked strikes as unlawful...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf you want to understand how the Supreme Court’s MAGA majority has undermined democracy, you need to understand the “shadow docket.” The shadow docket — as the court’s emergency docket has come to be known — is one of the more dramatic and corrupt ways that...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPolice “sweeps” of homeless encampments aren’t what you think — they’re much worse. I know, because I’ve been a victim of one. The Supreme Court ruled last year that unhoused people can be punished for sleeping outside, even when no shelter or affordable housing is...
| Nov 20, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe government shutdown ended with a failure to solve the problem of steeply rising health insurance premiums. The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which slashed programs like Medicaid and SNAP to fund tax cuts for the wealthy and a $1 trillion Pentagon, allows tax credits...
