| Oct 14, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAlthough the United States hails itself as a bastion of representative democracy, voting regulations suppress the vote even in a normal year — and even more so during the pandemic. Texas, for example, only allows absentee voting if voters are 65 or older, disabled, or...
| Oct 7, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWell before Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the United States Supreme Court, every step in the frenzied process had seemed terribly amiss. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his party are playing by two sets of rules, ramming through Donald Trump’s...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe warmest and fuzziest phrase in the political folklore of American capitalism? “Family-owned business”! These few words evoke everything people like and admire about the U.S. economy. The always welcoming luncheonette. The barbershop where you can still get a...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySeptember 15 to October 15 marks Hispanic Heritage Month. This year, it falls right as early voting begins for the 2020 election, where Latinx votes could make a crucial difference. In this rare moment when we have the country’s eyes and ears, I wish I could just...
| Sep 30, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedToday I looked at a graph of income inequality over time in America. This was not new information to me, and yet it was still shocking. From the 1950s until the early 1970s, Americans grew richer together. Some Americans were poor and others were rich, but their...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs the pandemic continues to claim lives across the country, new information keeps coming out about how the Trump administration has made it harder for Americans to protect themselves. We now know, for example, that early in the pandemic the U.S. Postal Service had...
