| May 15, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThis op-ed was originally published on April 24. It was updated on May 15 to include more recent developments. We’re living in the most perilous time for abortion rights and reproductive freedom since Roe v. Wade was decided in 1973. While some erosion of...
| Apr 30, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPerhaps the most important consequence of Donald Trump’s presidency has been the federal judiciary’s rightward lurch. As of April 1, he’d appointed a record 39 far-right judges to lifetime posts on the Supreme Court and federal circuit courts — more than half the...
| Oct 10, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyShortly before he became a Supreme Court justice, Brett Kavanaugh made two things clear: He likes beer. And he’s a self-righteous beneficiary of presumption of innocence. Indeed, Kavanaugh was provided a considerable benefit of the doubt for a man credibly...
| Oct 2, 2018 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIf you’d never seen a mean drunk and you were anywhere near a TV on September 27, you’ve seen one now. Judge Brett Kavanaugh displayed all the characteristics: belligerence, bullying, shouting, and boo-hooing in out-of-control anger. He said he hadn’t watched the...