Reclassifying Medical Marijuana Was Long Overdue, But It’s Not Enough

| May 6, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration’s decision to reclassify state-authorized medical cannabis products and recognize state-licensed medical cannabis providers is a historic first step toward bringing federal drug policy into the 21st century. For over 50 years, the federal...

The Dark Side of the Data Center Boom

| Apr 29, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAcross the country, resistance to data centers is rising even as plans are steadily being made to build new ones. According to the Pew Research Center, a majority of new data centers — 67 percent — are being built in rural areas. And three-quarters of those are in...

The Attack on Mail-in Voting Is an Attack on Working Americans

| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump recently put out an executive order attempting to restrict mail-in voting. Trump loathes mail ballots — except, of course, when he votes by mail himself, as he did this year in Florida. Broad, cross-partisan swaths of our electorate benefit from this...

A Local Rebellion Against Trump’s Border Wall

| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityEven in this ugly era of political divisiveness, some things remain bigger than partisan politics. For example, travel deep into Southwest Texas to the Mexican border, and you’ll witness two powerful forces of political harmony in Big Bend National Park. First is the...

When We Disinvest in People, We All Pay the Price

| Apr 23, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresidents release their federal spending priorities annually in the form of a federal budget proposal. This is a moral rather than a practical document — the president’s budget virtually never passes Congress as written. Instead, it expresses the values of presidents...

Trump Declares Victory in Iran. Reality Disagrees.

| Apr 22, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityDid you know that Germany won World War II? Because so many died in the Soviet Union, the combined Russian and U.S. military deaths in World War II were over twice that of Germany. So Germany won — except for the small matter of the Soviets and the U.S. occupying...