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I’m a Frontline Nurse in Arizona. We Need Masks, Not a Border Wall.

I’m a Frontline Nurse in Arizona. We Need Masks, Not a Border Wall.

| May 5, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityI work as a nurse at a trauma hospital in southern Arizona. A few days ago, when I walked into work, a supervisor handed me a mask and told me I should try to wear it until it no longer seals. I held the mask and looked down at the words “one use only” printed on the...
Cruel Immigration Policies Make the Pandemic Worse

Cruel Immigration Policies Make the Pandemic Worse

| Apr 8, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe rapid spread of the coronavirus is, for good reason, causing a global panic. Almost every region of the world is affected, with the disease rapidly spreading to new areas. Fear is justifiable. Directing it against people who have nothing to do with the crisis is...
Communist Virus

Communist Virus

| Mar 25, 2020 | Cartoon|Environment / Health|Peace / SecurityGet the full-res version here.
What 9/11 Can Teach Us About Responding to Coronavirus

What 9/11 Can Teach Us About Responding to Coronavirus

| Mar 24, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityOn the morning of September 11, 2001, my colleagues and I handed out water on Lower Broadway. We were lawyers who served some of the poorest communities in New York, but quenching the thirst of stunned victims proved to be the best thing we could do at the time. In...
Trump’s Afghanistan ‘Peace Deal’ Is Anything But

Trump’s Afghanistan ‘Peace Deal’ Is Anything But

| Mar 11, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityWhen dealing in matters of war and peace, shouldn’t a president sort of know what he or she is doing? But that’s not Donald Trump’s way. On February 29, he grandly announced that he had cut a peace deal to end America’s deadly, costly war against Afghanistan’s...
Who’s Ready to Die for Trump’s Ego?

Who’s Ready to Die for Trump’s Ego?

| | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMy granddaughter’s school has planned a trip to Thailand. Two things worry me. First, that she or her classmates might be exposed to or catch the coronavirus. Second, that if they did, President Trump would try his best to keep them from returning to the United...
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