| Aug 31, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP FeaturedWe’re told that higher education is one of the best ways to overcome poverty. But for many indebted borrowers, it’s been just the opposite. Since 1980, the cost of college has increased at nearly 9 times the rate of paychecks. If you’re poor and don’t join...
| Aug 24, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityA year has now passed since the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from decades of war and occupation in Afghanistan. With the Taliban functionally in charge, the country faces a deteriorating humanitarian crisis and economic collapse. But instead of taking action to promote...
| May 11, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s graduation season, which is usually joyful. But many graduates aren’t in a celebratory mood this year — a lesson Vice President Kamala Harris recently learned the hard way. “I look at this unsettled world,” Harris tweeted to 2022 graduates, “and I see the...
| Apr 20, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn early April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a global scientific body, issued yet another dire report. They warned that we have barely three years to start cutting greenhouse emissions as rapidly as we need to avoid the worst effects of...
