| Jul 3, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy As someone who was born and raised in the border state of New Mexico, I’m very familiar with political speak about immigrants and the border, especially when it comes to talking about safety. After 9/11, concerns about safety led to the passing of the Homeland...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump’s choice to separate migrant children from their parents has unleashed a flood of outrage across the political spectrum. While the president has stepped back from separating families at the border, his solution is to imprison children with their parents,...
| Jul 2, 2018 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty Philip Alston presented his observations on the state of international poverty to the UN Human Rights Council. The country at the center of his most recent report wasn’t a developing one — it was the United States....
| Jun 29, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe U.S. Supreme Court has just dealt unions a bruising blow. In a 5-4 vote, the court ruled that public sector employees who benefit from unions’ collective bargaining services will no longer have to pay for them. At least initially, this is expected to result in a...
| Jun 27, 2018 | Economy / BusinessThe health of our American economy ultimately rests on a single, simple word: trust. Employers on the one side and employees on the other have to be able to trust each other to behave honorably. A fair day’s wage, as the classic formulation puts it, for a fair day’s...
