| Jan 11, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyExcuse me for using explicit language here, but it seems to me that today’s most vulgar expression of right-wing extremist dogma is its unhealthy obsession with banning books. It’s a political perversion that, ironically, its participants usually...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedNow that the Republican Party has suspended its internal chaos long enough to elect a Speaker, Republicans face a challenge. Leading party members are eager to use their new majority in the House of Representatives to trash two programs conservatives have long...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI was delighted to learn that New Jersey has become the first state in the country to require public schools to teach media literacy to K-12 students as a way to combat misinformation. Everyone should be as lucky as I was to learn from someone like my fifth grade...
| Dec 14, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis year had the unwelcome distinction of being the first to see over 100 million people displaced worldwide. Such a staggering milestone reminds us that greater efforts are needed to address the underlying causes forcing so many innocent people to flee their homes....
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre state lawmakers free to ignore the results of a presidential election? Can they — in defiance of a state’s own constitution — design its congressional districts so a minority of voters pick a large majority of the state’s representatives? Can they discard voting...
| Dec 7, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySocial Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock’s re-election victory there should be good news for Gold Star families, paralyzed veterans, seniors, and indeed all of Social Security’s over 65 million...
