| Jun 10, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedRecent reporting has confirmed what many working people already feel every day: companies are using personal data to decide the lowest wage someone will accept. What working people call exploitation, Silicon Valley calls innovation. The seven largest gig platforms in...
| Jun 3, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedFor years, Congress and elected officials across the country have sidestepped one of the clearest economic problems facing working families: the minimum wage no longer keeps pace with the real cost of living. Today, even full-time work at the federal minimum wage...
| May 27, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a long-time death penalty abolitionist, I’ve often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to stop. But the real problem is that the train should never have been built....
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThere are flickering signs that the United States and Iran might negotiate a settlement to end the unprovoked war launched by President Trump earlier this year. A settlement would be welcome news. But even if a deal happens tomorrow, here’s the reality:...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTo preserve our democracy, we must reform the Supreme Court. In its recent Louisiana v. Callais decision, the Court’s Republican majority completed its years-long campaign to neuter the Voting Rights Act. Not coincidentally, they dramatically tilted the electoral...
| May 20, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBetween the three of us, we’ve experienced homelessness in Kentucky, Texas, and New York — different places, same crisis. We’ve all cycled through jails, emergency rooms, and shelters. We’ve all struggled with mental health, trauma, and drug use...
