| May 27, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe COVID-19 pandemic response has shown that the very foundations of our economy are shaky, fragile, and — for some of us — downright dangerous. We’re once again watching working people, especially working people of color, bear the brunt of the fallout. Meanwhile,...
| May 20, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBillionaire Elon Musk recently defied local public health officials and reopened his flagship Tesla auto assembly plant in Fremont, California. Public safety officials had ordered that plant shut down — over Musk’s fierce opposition — almost two months earlier. “This...
| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFor many Americans, vote-by-mail will be a matter of life and death come November. In a pandemic, it is immoral to force voters to choose between their health and their freedom to vote. And it is immoral to knowingly trigger a major outbreak of the coronavirus when...
| May 13, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA random pedestrian spit on a 26-year-old woman on her way to the gym in her San Francisco neighborhood. In New York, a stranger chased and struck down a woman who appeared to be of Asian descent. And in Texas, a man stabbed a family of three at a store because he...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFrom the beginning of this pandemic, the response of our elected officials has prioritized private profits over saving lives. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for example, recently came out against federal support for state budgets, saying state pensions were...
| May 6, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWe are living through a time of unprecedented challenges: a major public health crisis and a deepening recession. Congress has already authorized trillions in stimulus funds. But millions of Americans are still relying on the support of local nonprofits such as food...
