| Feb 2, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre debates for America’s highest office now a thing of the past? The Republican National Committee now plans to make future GOP candidates for president “sign a pledge not to participate in any debates sponsored by the Commission on Presidential Debates,” or CPD, The...
| Jul 22, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP FeaturedThe Trump administration is apparently undertaking its latest effort to make 2020 more of a Kafkaesque nightmare than it already is. Yes, we’ve got murder hornets and a swarm of flying ants that can be seen from space over in Ireland, but maybe the scariest plague of...
| Jun 10, 2020 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe mass these protests against systemic racism are driving Donald Trump plumb crazy! Of course, that’s a pretty short drive for him. He would be hilarious if his buffoonery were not so dangerous and destructive. For example, he had peaceful protesters gassed,...
| May 17, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyHow can you tell an authoritarian when you see one? We know the 20th century hallmarks — brown shirts, street rallies, and the like. But there’s an autocratic attitude, some historians suggest, that can easily be traced across the centuries. To put it simply, New York...
| Feb 8, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyThe real story of the Trump administration to date isn’t about any one policy. It’s about Trump and a small group of insiders throwing their weight around — and incompetently at that. That should concern everyone who cares about the Constitution and the...