| Apr 26, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA pair of new investigative reports about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are a testament to the need for better guard rails against moneyed influence. The first bombshell story from ProPublica highlighted how a billionaire named Harlan Crow befriended Thomas...
| | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMessages keep coming in to me from LGBTQ teachers who have been fired or threatened with firing. These teachers have years of experience and exemplary records. Many have advanced degrees. LGBTQ teachers are increasingly fearful. The Stonewall National Education...
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| Apr 19, 2023 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyGrowing up in Milwaukee, the local branch of the public library was always just a bus ride away. But when my family moved to central Pennsylvania when I was entering high school, we lived in a rural region that didn’t even have a public library. In the ‘90s, before...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s always instructive to hear powerful political officials declare that in the name of democracy, they must usurp the people’s democratic authority. This has become all too common, as even so-called democratic regimes in France and Israel have infuriated their...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMost of us rely on some cash assistance to get by at some point, whether we realize it or not. For wealthy people, that might include a family trust or any number of elaborate tax breaks. For middle-income people, it might come in the form of a mortgage interest...
