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To Save the Planet, We Need to Demilitarize the Police

To Save the Planet, We Need to Demilitarize the Police

| Aug 4, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, we’ve seen the Bootleg fire rage through Oregon. East Coasters have been breathing West Coast smoke. Massive floods have slammed towns from Germany to China. The town of Lytton, British Columbia burned to the ground. These disasters give a new sense of...
Small Towns Don’t Need Military Helicopters

Small Towns Don’t Need Military Helicopters

| Aug 26, 2020 | HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityIn Kenosha, Wisconsin, police shot Jacob Blake up to seven times in the back in front of his children. When demonstrators protested the shooting, they were greeted by officers in riot gear  and, according to one report, at least one military vehicle. The frequent...
I Was Tear Gassed in Portland — And Not Just By Feds

I Was Tear Gassed in Portland — And Not Just By Feds

| Jul 29, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe smell of tear gas is hard to describe, but it’s horrifying. It pinched my nose from the inside, burning deep in my nasal cavity. My throat slammed shut as my body tried to block out the fumes. My eyes burned, oozed tears, and clamped closed. “I can’t see,” my...

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