| Apr 26, 2023 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMessages keep coming in to me from LGBTQ teachers who have been fired or threatened with firing. These teachers have years of experience and exemplary records. Many have advanced degrees. LGBTQ teachers are increasingly fearful. The Stonewall National Education...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured“Take me out to the ball game,” as baseball’s fabled 1908 classic puts it. The ancient refrain ends: “I don’t care if I never get back.” Unfortunately, America’s billionaire baseball owners may not care if you get back, either. Just look at how baseball’s owners are...
| Apr 19, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s always instructive to hear powerful political officials declare that in the name of democracy, they must usurp the people’s democratic authority. This has become all too common, as even so-called democratic regimes in France and Israel have infuriated their...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMost of us rely on some cash assistance to get by at some point, whether we realize it or not. For wealthy people, that might include a family trust or any number of elaborate tax breaks. For middle-income people, it might come in the form of a mortgage interest...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMany of us rushed to file our taxes before this year’s April 18 deadline. While we all hope for a refund to help pay the rent or cover a vacation, we also want our taxes themselves to pay for worthwhile things. Every year, my project at the Institute for Policy...
| Apr 12, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Prohibition Era mobster and thug Alphonse “Al” Capone comes to mind as we see the man who incited the January 2021 Capitol insurrection, among other misdeeds, finally face a criminal charge: falsifying business records. Al Capone was the boss of a murderous...
