| Feb 17, 2021 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the wake of his second impeachment acquittal, Donald Trump proclaimed victory in what he called “the greatest witch hunt in the history of our Country.” Trump was acquitted. But the Senate hardly absolved him: A 57-to-43 majority concluded he had incited a riot....
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFormer president Donald Trump narrowly avoided conviction on his second impeachment trial. After delaying the vote till he was out of office, most Republican senators simply said they couldn’t impeach a “private citizen” — even if he was guilty. Still, the trial was...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyConspiracy theories like QAnon are outlandish, dangerous, and often absurd. So why do people believe them? Some say it’s a lack of education. “They can do QAnon, or they can do college-educated voters,” Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-NY) said about Republicans. “They...
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| Feb 10, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMy father’s tired eyes lit up in a way that I had not seen since my sister was born. “Esto nos podría cambiar la vida,” he said. “This could change our lives.” This was his hopeful reaction to the Biden-Harris administration’s proposal of legislation that would create...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIf it’s passed by Congress, President Joe Biden’s COVID-19 relief proposal would do a lot more than fund relief payments and vaccine rollouts. It would also raise the wage floor for all U.S. workers — and give a particularly long overdue raise to restaurant servers,...
