| Mar 11, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityWhen dealing in matters of war and peace, shouldn’t a president sort of know what he or she is doing? But that’s not Donald Trump’s way. On February 29, he grandly announced that he had cut a peace deal to end America’s deadly, costly war against Afghanistan’s...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBirmingham, Alabama is a landmark city for the American civil rights movement. Even today, it’s ground zero for a vital fight over voting rights. I visited Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham recently to deliver inmates a simple message: you are free to vote, even if...
| Mar 4, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedA year after Trump took office, Saturday Night Live did a sketch called “What Even Matters Anymore?” Game show host Jessica Chastain read a list of outrageous things Trump has done and asked, “Does it even matter anymore?” Each time, the...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control released some welcome news recently: Americans are living a tiny bit longer. In 2018, U.S. life expectancy inched up about a month, from 78.6 to 78.7 years. The White House credited “President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and...
| Mar 3, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThere was this moment during the State of the Union Address that I can’t stop thinking about. When President Trump spoke to army wife Amy Wiliams during his speech and told her he’d arranged her husband’s return home from Afghanistan as a “special surprise,” it was...
| Feb 26, 2020 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court is considering a case, Fulton v. City of Philadelphia, that once again pits LGBTQ rights against so-called religious liberty. In this case, one of the plaintiffs, Catholic Social Services, is arguing that it has the right to discriminate against same...
