| Dec 18, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFor millions of Americans, there’s no “making it” if you fall beneath a certain social class line. And the Michigan GOP, which was roundly rejected in the last election, is determined to keep it that way. In neighboring Wisconsin, Republicans decided...
| Dec 11, 2018 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP SubfeaturedI’ve been a postal clerk for 23 years, serving my customers in a public post office in Gresham, Oregon. As you might imagine, with the holidays fast approaching, it’s a busy time of year for us. Every day, I help my customers mail letters, cards, and packages across...
| Dec 10, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWe should have told them to be more specific. When President Trump and his fellow Republicans in Congress called their massive tax overhaul last year the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” most of us assumed the jobs would be in the United States. Now we know...
| Dec 5, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAs the federal government closed shop for a day of national mourning for the late President George H.W. Bush, an image came to my mind. It’s an ad by Bush’s supporters claiming presidential candidate Michael Dukakis “allows first degree murderers to have weekend...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWisconsin Republicans have made the news again. After losing the governor’s race (but maintaining control of the state legislature, thanks to gerrymandering), Republicans have passed a series of measures to limit the power of Democratic Governor-elect Tony Evers. For...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOur death rituals for public figures are evolving. For a moment, obituaries favored the late President George H. W. Bush with the banal pleasantries usually afforded to deceased presidents. Well-wishers from both sides of the aisle hailed Bush’s patriotism, service,...
