| Aug 4, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Olympic Refugee Team filing into the stadium during Tokyo’s opening ceremonies provided a powerful, moving sight: almost 30 athletes, carrying the Olympic flag, striding alongside the delegations of almost every country in the world. Instead of their home...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf you are worried about critical race theory in schools, here is some advice from someone who actually teaches it. If you want your concerns to be heard, first of all, start by listening. What is your school actually teaching? It probably is not actually critical...
| Jul 28, 2021 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyMega-investor Warren Buffett once held a big portfolio of daily and weekly newspapers. He specialized in squeezing out competitors so each held a local monopoly. Then he’d chop staff and news content, letting him glean annual profit margins above 30 percent. Alas for...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyRepublican officials in Texas are celebrating after successfully suing the federal government over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA has been a GOP target since 2012, when President Obama created it to protect undocumented young people...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs the debate rages on Capitol Hill over President Biden’s Build Back Better plans, the question of how to cover the costs looms large. Biden has proposed a package of tax increases on the wealthy and corporations. At the center is a corporate tax rate hike from the...