| Apr 20, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAmerica’s yawning racial divide is no secret. In 2019, the median wealth of white families was $160,000 — compared to just $9,000 for Black families. There’s been growing interest in finding ways to close this divide. That’s a good thing. But unfortunately, some ideas...
| Mar 24, 2021 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyLast November, despite a global pandemic, voter intimidation, and an unprecedented disinformation campaign, a record number of Americans cast a ballot in the 2020 election. Expanded voting by mail, no-excuse absentee voting, curbside voting, and early voting made the...
| Nov 18, 2020 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAmerica owes its Black citizens so much. During a pandemic that has killed Black people at disproportionate rates, we still managed to save our democracy by getting out the vote in what may have been the most contentious presidential election in modern history....
| Sep 2, 2020 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAfter Martin Luther King, Jr. was assassinated in 1968, his autopsy report revealed that at the young age of 39, he had “the heart of a 60-year old.” Doctors concluded that King’s heart had aged due to the stress and pressure endured throughout his 13-year civil...
| Aug 12, 2020 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFederal troops may be standing down in Portland for now. But Donald Trump has also dispatched federal agents to Cleveland, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, and Albuquerque. Trump claimed his orders are intended to “restore law and order.” But this isn’t about...