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ICE: The Mental Health Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore

ICE: The Mental Health Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore

| Jun 10, 2026 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLast fall, families in Wilder, Idaho gathered for horse races when helicopters and armored trucks suddenly descended. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — armed with guns, flashbang grenades, and rubber bullets — stormed the event, terrifying children...
It’s Possible to End Corporate Influence in Politics

It’s Possible to End Corporate Influence in Politics

| Jun 3, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyMore than 15 years ago, the Supreme Court removed limits on corporate political spending in its notorious Citizens United decision, ushering in an era of unprecedented influence by moneyed interests. As a result, a small group of ultrawealthy donors have skewed the...
Trump Is Forcing Coal Pollution on Consumers and Communities

Trump Is Forcing Coal Pollution on Consumers and Communities

| | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyHas your family consumed its lump of coal today? In one of the most perverse Big Government moves ever, last year President Trump proclaimed an “energy emergency.” Since then he’s unilaterally ordered five electric utilities to re-open, or keep open, their...
Trump’s Corruption Is Unprecedented

Trump’s Corruption Is Unprecedented

| May 27, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyEven President Trump’s own Justice Department is having a hard time grappling with Trump’s brazen money grab from the IRS — and, by extension, American taxpayers. First, Trump attempted to enrich himself and his family by suing the federal government for $10 billion —...
There’s No ‘Moral’ Death Penalty

There’s No ‘Moral’ Death Penalty

| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a long-time death penalty abolitionist, I’ve often compared the death penalty in America to a train with no brakes: Once the machinery starts moving, it becomes extraordinarily difficult to stop. But the real problem is that the train should never have been built....
The Need for Supreme Court Reform Is Clearer Than Ever

The Need for Supreme Court Reform Is Clearer Than Ever

| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTo preserve our democracy, we must reform the Supreme Court. In its recent Louisiana v. Callais decision, the Court’s Republican majority completed its years-long campaign to neuter the Voting Rights Act. Not coincidentally, they dramatically tilted the electoral...
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