| Feb 5, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf you’re ever asked to define the word oxymoron, just say “Congressional ethics.” People instinctively burst out guffawing at the absurdity of linking Congress to upright behavior. But surprisingly, Republican congressional leaders say they’re now taking a bold stand...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOn January 20, ICE agents detained a five-year-old child just outside his home in Minnesota. The child was used as “bait” to try to draw family members out of their home. A widely circulated photo of the boy being apprehended, with his Spiderman backpack and fuzzy...
| Feb 4, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn late 2025, federal immigration authorities detained a non-union janitor who’d accused contractors for Minnesota’s Ramsey County of wage theft. The worker is now in deportation proceedings. But his courage helped win policy changes in Ramsey County, and his fierce...
| Jan 28, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn the United States, we rely on fair and independent judges to protect our rights and freedom. They are central to the system of checks and balances we all learned about in school. But there’s a disturbing new trend: President Donald Trump’s nominees to be federal...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI’m a kindergarten teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota, working hard and contributing to the diverse community I love. But with two children, it’s hard getting by in this precarious time — now exacerbated by terror in our streets. Even before internet personalities drummed...
| Jan 26, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFrom 1920 until 1938, a flag on Fifth Avenue in New York City proclaimed an uncomfortable reality to passers-by on New York’s busy streets: “A man was lynched yesterday.” In the South, where Jim Crow held a vice grip on the government 60 years after the end of the...
