| Jun 18, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOn a bitterly cold morning this January, Brendan and Amare hopped into my Ford Explorer and we drove 30 miles to Grafton, Massachusetts. Our destination: the Grafton Job Corps campus, one of 125 similar sites in all 50 states. These campuses provide housing,...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAs President Trump presided over his poorly attended military parade, an estimated 5 million people across over 2,000 U.S. cities took to the streets for “No Kings Day” to protest this administration’s brutality and drive to consolidate authoritarian...
| Jun 11, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump and his allies in Congress claim their “one big beautiful bill” will cut government waste. Former White House official Elon Musk disagrees, slamming the bill as a “disgusting abomination” containing a “MOUNTAIN” (in all caps) of...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor weeks, Congress has been wrapped up in passing President Trump’s big, brutal budget — the one that pays for tax cuts for the wealthy and a trillion-dollar Pentagon budget by taking food stamps and Medicaid away from people struggling to get by. The GOP-controlled...
| Jun 4, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn the largest eviction of a homeless encampment in recent history, around 100 unhoused people were recently forced to vacate Oregon’s Deschutes National Forest — or else face a $5,000 fine and up to one year in jail. The forest was the last hope for the encampment’s...
| | Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyElon Musk has left the White House, leaving a trail of destruction in his wake. But of all the actions Musk and President Trump set in motion before their recent rupture, nothing will hurt more people around the world than their dismantling of the U.S. Agency for...
