| Jul 30, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPunishing people for being poor doesn’t make them less poor. And jailing someone who’s homeless doesn’t make them housed. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s new executive order does: it makes criminals out of people trying to survive our nation’s housing...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA deadly fire at Gabriel House, an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, claimed 10 lives this July. In the aftermath, horrific scenes emerged of elderly residents trapped inside smoke-filled rooms and hanging out of windows, desperate for rescue....
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe nation’s largest home and auto insurance companies say we can trust them, but lately they’re behaving far more like villains than heroes. As the climate crisis intensifies, big insurance companies are protecting their bottom line instead of policyholders. They’re...
| Jul 23, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the name of “law and order,” the Trump administration has locked up countless immigrants — many of whom have no criminal convictions, and many of whom were here lawfully. The result is a sprawling detention system that punishes the innocent, tears families apart,...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI recently read over my son’s last report card and was overwhelmed with pride. It showed how far he’s come — progress that, not long ago, felt out of reach. I made mental notes of the areas where we still need to do some work, but mostly I just sat with the joy of...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis July marked 80 years since the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb in the desert of southern New Mexico, marking the start of the nuclear age — and an ongoing nightmare for the people who call the area home. That test, known as Trinity, blanketed...
