| Jan 19, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs Moscow signals its apparent readiness for war over Ukraine, the U.S. government seems determined to ignore Russia’s not-so-ridiculous concerns over the military alliances of neighboring states and the prospect of nuclear weapons on its borders. Should Americans...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe U.S. prison at Guantánamo Bay reached its shameful 20th anniversary this January. Its legacy is the detention of nearly 800 Muslim men and boys, most without charge or trial. Many have been tortured. President Biden pledged to close the prison, but so far he has...
| Jan 12, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWe celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr. Day not only to commemorate King’s historic role in overcoming racism and other injustice, but because his work and vision remain relevant. Today’s persistent racism in policing, health care, housing, and elsewhere, and attacks on...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOn January 15, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was leaving a planning meeting for the Poor People’s Campaign when he was called back into the room. It was his birthday — his last, it would turn out. The staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference would usually...
| Jan 5, 2022 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe defeat of Donald Trump in 2020 was supposed to put an end to America’s delusional national politics. The quashing of the January 6 insurrection — and the brief, near-unanimous revulsion among members of Trump’s party for that violence — provided some hope that the...
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