| Jun 11, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracySome brave hetero activists are attempting to organize a “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston. Oh just kidding — did I say brave activists? I meant people with neo-Nazi ties. That’s right: According to ThinkProgress, the organizers of the “straight pride...
| Jun 5, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyFrom the very start of our nation, the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights was not stately legislative halls, but rowdy beer halls. Indeed, “pub democracy” remains strong across our country, as is now being shown by a hardy group of...
| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRacism is often viewed as an action performed by individuals. But even if we got rid of all America’s prejudiced individuals, racism would still exist in the systems they built. Systemic racism, writer Jenee Desmond-Harris explains, refers to how racial disparities...
| Jun 4, 2019 | HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHappy Pride month! It’s June so it’s time to bust out the rainbows and… actually, I have a lot of conflicted feelings about it. Supposedly, Pride is when we all come together to celebrate queerness in all forms. Yet, we non-straights are not all the...
| May 28, 2019 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLet us now contemplate the morality tale of the Good Samaritan. Not the one in the New Testament, but the one out in the high desert region around Marfa, Texas, just 60 miles from the Mexican border. It’s the story of Teresa Todd, the city attorney in Marfa. On...
| May 22, 2019 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyIn the past few weeks, my Facebook feed has exploded with posts about abortion. If you use Facebook, probably yours has too. There’s a lot to say about abortion, especially now that Georgia, Alabama, Missouri, and Ohio have passed extremely restrictive laws banning...
