| Mar 12, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI was getting on a bus with grocery bags in hand, apologizing profusely to the driver as I scrambled to find my bus pass. He curiously looked my way; I thought he was judging me as I convincingly portrayed the damsel in distress. To my relief, however, he actually...
| Mar 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|Rights / DemocracySometimes we forget that the progressive movement’s political goal is not just to elect good officials, but to enact good public policy. From my eight-year experience as Texas agriculture commissioner years ago, I can attest that the second goal doesn’t...
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| Mar 5, 2019 | Editors Picks|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe current administration has bent over backwards to force-feed its anti-immigrant agenda to the American public. That agenda remains broadly unpopular, but they’ve tried every trick in the con artist book to impose it anyway. Despite years of hysterical...
| | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWeeks ago, when the first accusations of anti-semitism were being leveled against Representative Ilhan Omar, I was deeply agitated. Not long ago I saw her address these accusations at a local town hall. She reminded the world that, as a Black Muslim woman in America,...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyShould the richest country on earth invest to keep the planet we all share inhabitable? We believe the answer is yes — and fast. Unfortunately, not all lawmakers seem to agree. Last month, our group, Youth Vs. Apocalypse, asked California Senator Dianne Feinstein to...
