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Mass Incarceration Is Declining — But Not for Women

Mass Incarceration Is Declining — But Not for Women

| Dec 9, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyElection after election, voters are turning against mass incarceration and the war on drugs that sustains it. In 2020, the people of Arizona, Montana, New Jersey, and South Dakota voted to legalize marijuana, joining 11 other states and the District of Columbia. In...
Get the Feds Out of the Way of Cannabis Reform

Get the Feds Out of the Way of Cannabis Reform

| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhen it comes to marijuana policy, it’s time for the federal government to get out of the way. Fifteen states, home to 25 percent of the U.S. population, have legalized the possession and use of marijuana by anyone over the age of 21. Most states now allow some form...
Looking for That Get Out of Jail Free Card

Looking for That Get Out of Jail Free Card

| | Cartoon|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyGet a full-res version here.
We Need an Essential Workers Bill of Rights

We Need an Essential Workers Bill of Rights

| Dec 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyDuring the pandemic, essential workers have become public heroes. These frontline workers include tens of millions of retail employees, from those who stock our grocery shelves to those filling orders for Amazon. With so many people seeing firsthand how low-wage...
Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest

Paying Politicians to Criminalize Protest

| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA few years ago, massive protests against the Dakota Access Pipeline at Standing Rock changed the popular narrative about what climate activism looked like. The protests made clear that ramming dangerous pipelines through vulnerable communities wasn’t going to be easy...
Make USDA ‘The People’s Department’ Again

Make USDA ‘The People’s Department’ Again

| | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyYears ago, Robert Kennedy noted that progress is hard. “Progress is nice,” he said, “but its agent is change, and change has its enemies.” Kennedy’s recognition that gutsy, honest leadership is necessary to confront wealthy interests and advance the common good...
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