| Oct 23, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP SubfeaturedMy husband and I run an oil and vinegar shop in Minneapolis. We love helping customers brighten their meals, but another reason we started our business doesn’t fit neatly into marketing materials: We needed child care, and we couldn’t make it work any other way. Here...
| Oct 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedGreta Thunberg, the 16-year-old Swedish climate activist who sparked student protests across the globe, had this to tell the UN General Assembly in New York: “People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing. We are in the beginning of a...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a newly out lesbian, I couldn’t help but watch the recent Supreme Court hearings on employment rights for LGBTQ people, and a recent Democratic presidential candidate town hall on LTBTQ issues, and think: “I’m sorry, what?” How are my rights and...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThere’s a growing awareness now that climate change is an existential threat to humanity. Inspiring movements are demanding solutions, and politicians are scrambling to offer them. That’s good. But there’s another existential threat that gets a lot less attention:...
| Oct 9, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhat do the folks at the U.S. Census Bureau do between the census they run every 10 years? All sorts of annual surveys, on everything from housing costs to retail sales. The most depressing of these — at least this century — may be the sampling that looks at the...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWe caught a glimpse of humanity recently when Amber Guyger, a former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering Botham Jean, was embraced with compassion by the victim’s brother. Guyger shot Jean in his own apartment while he was sitting on his couch eating ice...
