| Jan 28, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn the United States, we rely on fair and independent judges to protect our rights and freedom. They are central to the system of checks and balances we all learned about in school. But there’s a disturbing new trend: President Donald Trump’s nominees to be federal...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI’m a kindergarten teacher in St. Paul, Minnesota, working hard and contributing to the diverse community I love. But with two children, it’s hard getting by in this precarious time — now exacerbated by terror in our streets. Even before internet personalities drummed...
| Jan 26, 2026 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFrom 1920 until 1938, a flag on Fifth Avenue in New York City proclaimed an uncomfortable reality to passers-by on New York’s busy streets: “A man was lynched yesterday.” In the South, where Jim Crow held a vice grip on the government 60 years after the end of the...
| | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMore Americans now support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) than keeping it. A January 13, 2026 Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent want to eliminate ICE, compared to 43 percent who support preserving it. It’s a trend that’s been growing...
| Jan 21, 2026 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn the mid-1960s, I joined the freedom movement in the South as a member of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) in Georgia, Mississippi, and Arkansas. Those were heady years, and I am proud of my small role in the great achievements of that time. Our...
| | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyJust when America needs stronger child labor protections, the Trump administration is seemingly abandoning enforcement altogether. A disturbing new analysis from Good Jobs First reveals that enforcement cases for a range of workplace violations declined by 97 percent...
