| Aug 2, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I was born into poverty, the deck was stacked against me in all aspects of life — from educational opportunities and health care to the future earnings I could expect. Now I’ve graduated from college and I’m poised to start my first post-college job. What made...
| Jul 26, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs John Mellencamp sings: “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” True. And here’s an equally true twist on that aphorism: “If you stand for everything, you won’t amount to anything.” In a remarkable achievement, a newly formed political...
| Jul 19, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. The pandemic revealed the full extent of the U.S. housing crisis. Where were the roughly 580,000 people living unhoused in 2020 to go under “stay at home” orders? And what about...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyUnfortunately, it’s 1984 again in America. Not the year. The book. George Orwell’s classic novel tells of a far-right totalitarian clique that uses “newspeak” and “doublethink” to impose their rigid, anti-democratic doctrine on society. Their regime held power...