| Apr 21, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLast summer, Black Lives Matter protests in the United States after the murder of George Floyd echoed around the world. Evoked by the worldwide visibility of the brutal killing on video, this solidarity also reflected visceral anger against police violence in a host...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyA House bill to study reparations for slavery, H.R. 40, resurfaced in committee this April and is dusting up old debates about how much is owed, to whom, and who should pay. The issue can be divisive. But as a supporter of reparations, a recent Jeopardy clue (of all...
| Apr 7, 2021 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe past year proves that a lot of conventional economic wisdom is neither true nor wise. For example: 1) “We don’t have the money.” The power elites tell us it would be nice to do the big-ticket reforms America needs, but the money just isn’t there. Then a pandemic...
| | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI believe in God and in the right to vote. Georgia’s recent election bill doesn’t just feel like an attack on democracy — it feels like an attack on my faith. The bill, formally SB 202, infamously makes it illegal to give people food or water while they’re waiting in...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI’m a domestic worker. You can just imagine how badly COVID-19 has impacted my income. Clients, especially elderly people, were suddenly uncomfortable with letting outside people into their homes for fear of contracting the virus. A lot of my work dried up. I feed my...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOver the last several weeks, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a rise in the number of migrant children seeking refuge in the United States. With the increase, the federal government’s capacity to process and shelter migrant children has been stretched,...
