| Oct 22, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedNot too many romantic comedies have a major character who goes bankrupt paying the health care costs of a loved one with dementia. Although millions of American families can relate to this financial strain, it’s not typical rom-com material. But that’s what happens to...
| Oct 17, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / Democracy Elizabeth Warren recently released DNA results as evidence she has a Native American ancestor. Trump, meanwhile, has been referring to Warren as “Pocahontas” to ridicule that claim. The two show useful examples of different kinds of racism. Trump’s...
| Oct 10, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyShortly before he became a Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh made two things clear: He likes beer. And he’s a self-righteous beneficiary of presumption of innocence. Indeed, Kavanaugh was provided a considerable benefit of the doubt for a man credibly...
| Oct 8, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityYou’d hardly know it from the news, but we’ve been continuously at war in Afghanistan since 2001. The war quietly turned 17 on October 7. Unfortunately, America’s amnesia didn’t prevent Command Sergeant Major Tim Bolyard from being killed in Afghanistan in...
| Oct 1, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, the White House proposed selling off the United States Postal Service to private corporations. As a 22-year postal worker, I recently joined my coworkers, our families, and neighbors across the country to rally in support of our public Postal Service. Our...
| Sep 28, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Brett Kavanaugh confirmation imbroglio shined a bright light on a terrible misconception: that the #MeToo movement is somehow about destroying the careers of powerful men. Again and again, Kavanaugh and his defenders complained that the allegations were...