ICE’s Appalling Warehouse Scheme Draws Bipartisan Protests

| Mar 4, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWarehouses are for storing goods. ICE wants to use them to store people. As Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) ramps up arrests, the Trump administration is seeking to spend $38 billion to expand its detention capacity to 92,600 people, according to agency...

What Critics Still Get Wrong About Marijuana Legalization

| Feb 25, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBy most measures, cannabis legalization is a resounding success for the 24 states (plus D.C.) that have implemented it. That’s why no state has ever repealed its legalization laws, and public support for the policy remains near all-time highs. Nonetheless, the policy...

Don’t End TPS for Our Immigrant Neighbors

| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis February, a panel of conservative federal judges ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal. For the over 60,000 immigrants impacted by...

Affordability Is a Vanishing Promise for the Middle Class

| Feb 19, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAffordability is a crisis that keeps millions of us awake at night. It is not, as President Donald Trump claims, a word Democrats “made up.” As more and more families struggle to pay their bills, we need policy solutions, not partisan deflections. By most accounts, my...

The Epstein Class: They Are the Elites They Pretend to Hate

| Feb 17, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAttorney General Pam Bondi’s contentious House hearing about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files offered a clear message to the nation: sex trafficking of women and minors is perfectly acceptable as long as wealthy white men do it. Jeffrey Epstein,...

Target Needs to Kick ICE Out of Its Stores

| Feb 11, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor many families, Target is a familiar stop: a place to grab school supplies, home goods, snacks, or the latest entertainment device — all under one roof. It’s the kind of store woven into everyday life. But as footage of federal immigration agents brutalizing...