Mitch McConnell Wants to Let Corporations Kill You

| Dec 16, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyProbably the most under-reported story of the year has been how Mitch McConnell is holding Americans hostage in exchange for letting big corporations kill Americans without any consequence. Mitch took you and me hostage back in May, when the House of Representatives...

Immigration Problems

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Mass Incarceration Is Declining — But Not for Women

| Dec 9, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyElection after election, voters are turning against mass incarceration and the war on drugs that sustains it. In 2020, the people of Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota voted to legalize marijuana, joining 11 other states and the District of Columbia. In...

Get the Feds Out of the Way of Cannabis Reform

| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhen it comes to marijuana policy, it’s time for the federal government to get out of the way. Fifteen states, home to 25 percent of the U.S. population, have legalized the possession and use of marijuana by anyone over the age of 21. Most states now allow some form...

Looking for That Get Out of Jail Free Card

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We Need an Essential Workers Bill of Rights

| Dec 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyDuring the pandemic, essential workers have become public heroes. These frontline workers include tens of millions of retail employees, from those who stock our grocery shelves to those filling orders for Amazon. With so many people seeing firsthand how low-wage...