| Aug 2, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityIf there’s one thing that should be subject to rigorous debate and the will of the people, it’s decisions about war and peace. Unfortunately, that’s not what we got with the huge military policy bill recently passed by the House and Senate. Somehow, the annual...
| | HP SubfeaturedWhen I was a little girl, my parents bought me a Barbie — a blonde, blue-eyed doll who I played with for years before I ever met a blond, blue-eyed person. My doll set the standard for beauty — one that was out of reach of a brown-skinned, dark-haired kid whose body...
| Jul 26, 2023 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs John Mellencamp sings: “If you don’t stand for something, you’ll fall for anything.” True. And here’s an equally true twist on that aphorism: “If you stand for everything, you won’t amount to anything.” In a remarkable achievement, a newly formed political...
| | HP FeaturedJuly 27 marked 70 years since the signing of the armistice that halted — but did not end — the Korean War. Since then, the divided Peninsula has been locked in a perpetual state of war that grows ever more dangerous. In recent weeks, the U.S. has flown...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis summer marked a milestone anniversary in the history of American anti-poverty programs: two years ago, the first monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit went out to millions of households. The expansion had deep roots in the welfare rights movement,...
