| Jan 8, 2020 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyThe awful truth about the corporate and governmental power elites in our democratic society is that they really don’t like democracy at all. They prefer to rule by buying lawmakers, hiring lobbyists, running Orwellian PR campaigns, and relying on authoritarian police...
| | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration says it’s anti-Semitic to criticize Israel. That’s the gist of a recent executive order that would treat campus calls to boycott Israel over its treatment of Palestinians as anti-Semitic discrimination on the basis of “national origin.”...
| Dec 17, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s good to have a happy-ending story for the holidays — one that’s not sugar-plum sappy, but genuinely uplifting. It “feels like justice,” said fourth-generation Texas shrimper Diane Wilson in early December, when a federal district judge okayed a $50 million...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I grew up in the 1970s, my father often sat in an alcoholic or drug-induced stupor. When he was left in charge, the TV served as the “adult” in the room for us. As a toddler, I thought of Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, and the other residents...
| Dec 11, 2019 | Rights / DemocracyA lawsuit is taking on the University of California system’s use of the SAT and ACT standardized tests in admissions. The suit claims the tests are “deeply biased and provide no meaningful information about a student’s ability to succeed.” As a...
