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Kids Need Accountability and Support, Not Handcuffs

Kids Need Accountability and Support, Not Handcuffs

| Aug 26, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMany kids returning to school this year aren’t looking forward to reconnecting with teachers or students. Instead, they’re dreading new encounters with school resource officers, zero tolerance policies, and state laws that criminalize youthful misbehavior. This...
The Moral Poverty of the Rich and Powerful

The Moral Poverty of the Rich and Powerful

| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedDon’t tell anybody, but millions of American children, workers, and elderly people are enduring the personal horror of dispiriting, debilitating, deadening poverty every day. It’s our national horror, too, for the greatest cause of their penury is not lack of...
Big Tech Is Building a New Feudalism

Big Tech Is Building a New Feudalism

| Aug 19, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAs Big Tech, Big Finance, and Big Government collude to dig us into the unfathomable hole of artificial intelligence, an old country saying has new relevance: “If you find that you’ve dug yourself into a hole, the very first thing to do is quit digging.” All across...
Stop Letting Credit Card Companies Squeeze Small Businesses

Stop Letting Credit Card Companies Squeeze Small Businesses

| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWhen a powerful industry rakes in billions for doing something that should have a negligible cost, it will say almost anything to keep that river of money flowing. It was true of the auto industry that constantly fought safety upgrades. Ditto for the oil companies...
When Disabled People Are Priced Out, We Lose More Than a Home

When Disabled People Are Priced Out, We Lose More Than a Home

| Aug 12, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedFor those in the disability community, it has always taken a village. When your life is filled with doctor’s appointments, chronic illness symptoms, and navigating a world that isn’t built for accessibility, being surrounded by reliable family, friends, and peers...
Workers’ Rights Are Plummeting Under Trump — and the World Is Taking Notice

Workers’ Rights Are Plummeting Under Trump — and the World Is Taking Notice

| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFor generations, the United States has been a global advocate for freedom, democracy, and the rule of law. Today, however, the world is calling on the United States to uphold those same principles at home. This summer, the International Trade Union Confederation...
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