| Aug 27, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn a 2006 documentary, I assailed Texas Republican lawmakers for ramming a brutish gerrymandering scheme into law, doing my report from a street sign in central Austin. That sign was the exact location the GOP had used as the pin point for slicing up the city’s one...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySomething incredible happens to humans when we go through hard or tragic experiences together and survive. When we hold each other close and rely on each other, it bonds us. My early experiences taught me that even in dark times, we can find the strength to be good to...
| | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a recruitment message on social media this summer saying, “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.” Setting aside the racist overtones of this messaging, even DHS itself says...
| Aug 21, 2025 | HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump mobilized the D.C. National Guard under the guise of restoring security in the nation’s capital — despite D.C.’s crime rate being at a 30-year low. What began as a deployment of 800 D.C. National Guard troops has grown to encompass 2,091 as of this...
| Aug 20, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI thought I knew a lot about displacement, housing insecurity, and homelessness. Then I experienced it for real. I grew up with a roof over my head and got my Ph.D., writing a dissertation about families displaced from their homes. But instead of the American Dream, I...
| Aug 19, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyCredit where it’s due: President Trump has a talent for getting the chattering classes talking about whatever he wants. Especially when he really doesn’t want them talking about other stuff. That’s how we should view Trump’s latest drama in Washington, D.C.,...
