| Mar 13, 2024 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWell, well, well — look who’s waking up and raring to go: Mr. and Ms. Woke! We so-called “woke” people have been the target of far-right politicos and front groups that are frantically trying to ban us and our ideas from America’s political discourse. In the past few...
| Mar 6, 2024 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedNot long ago, a user-made map depicting a vastly expanded Atlanta transit system went viral on social media. Instead of just four branching main lines that intersect like a plus sign, the imaginary map spindles out like a bicycle wheel in 10 directions, with an...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThings don’t always work out the way you expect. I’ve gotten to mix with celebrities and travel to the other side of the world. But I’m also a single mother who’s experienced health crises, homelessness, and food insecurity. What I’ve learned is we need public...
| Feb 28, 2024 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDuring my time in prison, I lived in hell. I witnessed horrific abuse, suffered from a critical lack of mental health care, and was treated as less than human. Guards even taunted inmates that we couldn’t change the system because our right to vote would be stripped...
| | Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityEarlier this year, the International Court of Justice ruled that Israel’s actions in Gaza plausibly constitute genocide. The world’s most influential judicial body ordered Israel to stop killing civilians and to admit more humanitarian aid. Unfortunately, Israel was...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI no longer receive my local newspaper, the Austin-American Statesman. Oh, the paper still comes, but it’s just paper, minus the news part — news that our community once counted on to keep up with local government doings, corporate shenanigans, citizen actions, and...