More Americans Can Get Compensated for Nuclear Poisoning — But There’s a Catch

| Jul 23, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis July marked 80 years since the U.S. government detonated the first atomic bomb in the desert of southern New Mexico, marking the start of the nuclear age — and an ongoing nightmare for the people who call the area home. That test, known as Trinity, blanketed...

The Texas Floods Are a Warning: Fund Public Services

| Jul 16, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyGrowing up in Texas, many of my summers were spent at summer church camps just like Camp Mystic, where 27 girls died in the recent flash floods. Over 130 people in central Texas have been confirmed dead overall. Had I been just a few years younger, it’s hard not to...

These Immigrants Were Supposed to Be Protected. The Administration Came for Them Anyway.

| Jul 9, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the 19 years my uncle has worked in the healthcare industry, he’s only missed one day — the day his mother, my grandmother, passed away. He would then help plan a funeral he couldn’t attend. If you live in his small town in Utah, you know my uncle. He’s the big man...

10 Ways the GOP Budget Will Make Life Worse for Americans

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which narrowly passed Congress and was recently signed by President Trump, represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery. Here are just 10 of the worst things about it. 1. It’s going to...

A Nation of Immigrants Under Attack

| Jun 25, 2025 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAcross the country, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents are tearing families apart, terrorizing communities, and upending businesses. Mario Romero was among those arrested by ICE recently. His daughter, Yurien Contreras, witnessed ICE agents taking him...

Militarism Threatens Our Democracy — But Americans Are Waking Up

| Jun 18, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAs President Trump presided over his poorly attended military parade, an estimated 5 million people across over 2,000 U.S. cities took to the streets for “No Kings Day” to protest this administration’s brutality and drive to consolidate authoritarian...