| Oct 26, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyFew people, however unfairly, regard Southwest Ohio as a particularly exhilarating place. But every two to four years, just drawing breath there felt like a rush for a kid drawn to politics. It’s a purplish region of a perennial swing state, which means our...
| Oct 24, 2018 | Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyI’m a trans woman, and I’m terrified. Already, on any given afternoon, I’m regularly and publicly catcalled, mocked, laughed at, and treated as an object of social disgust. Trans women are one of the most assaulted and murdered demographics in the United...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyOver 60 percent of Americans — including majorities of Republicans, independents, and Democrats — believe that the adult use of marijuana ought to be legal. And an estimated 20 percent of Americans now live in a state where cannabis use by those over the age of 21 is...
| Oct 23, 2018 | Editors Picks|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAs the GOP’s fears of a progressive wave in November grow, Donald Trump has made it his personal mission to make everyone else afraid, too. Over the past few week’s he’s been telling evermore fantastical tales of dangerous riffraff inching their way up to the U.S....
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHighly charged midterm elections are just around the corner, and experts are predicting record-high midterm voter turnout. But millions of U.S. citizens are being systematically inhibited — either blatantly or covertly — from casting votes this November. Voter...
| Oct 22, 2018 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTrump is having a problem with sex, and it’s not exactly what you might think. There are no Russian tapes, spankings with magazines, or confessions of grabbing anyone this time around. Specifically, it’s a problem with sex and gender. Sex and gender...