| 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...
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| May 21, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBy 2035, seniors are projected to outnumber children in the U.S. population. Maybe then we’ll look back and credit Washington state activists for being on the forefront of tackling America’s elder care crisis. On May 13, the state became the first in the nation to...
| | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMy friend Andrew Rubin is an amputee. He’s lost his right hand, lower arm, right foot, and lower leg. He used to be an avid runner and cyclist. He can’t do much of that anymore, although his walking is getting much better. Soon he might be able to run with his...