| Mar 13, 2025 | Economy / Business|Peace / SecurityUh-oh. Trump is hearing voices again. And the voices are telling him to do something truly stupid. As he puts it, “There is a lot of talk about the Postal Service being taken private.” He adds, “It’s an idea that a lot of people have liked for a long time.” Hmmm, I...
| Mar 12, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe paper sheet crinkled under me as I shifted on the vinyl examination table. The doctor paused. “Hmm,” she said quietly. This was January 2021. I’d patched together a few gigs since completing a masters degree program the previous year, but was still struggling to...
| Mar 5, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIsrael’s assault on Gaza, with backing from the United States, has created one of the worst humanitarian crises on the planet. Now Israel is violating a hard-won ceasefire deal by refusing to admit all aid into Gaza. The Israeli government also passed legislation...
| Feb 20, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn a deeply disturbing and unprecedented move, the U.S. has begun transferring immigrant detainees to Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. They’re being held without access to their lawyers and families. President Trump has ordered up to 30,000 “high-priority” migrants to be...
| Feb 19, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityWith an annual budget rapidly approaching $1 trillion, the Pentagon already gets more discretionary tax dollars than any other agency. Now congressional Republicans are proposing to hike that figure by anywhere from $100 billion to $150 billion — while slashing...
| Feb 12, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump has made it clear that he’s dead set on attacking our immigrant friends, families, and neighbors — and that the only people he’ll protect are his loyalists and billionaires. Since day one, Trump has launched a blatantly hateful agenda against...
