| Jun 26, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs the Fourth of July rolls around, I think plenty of us are eager for barbecues, corn on the cob, watermelon, and fireworks, but our feelings about our country are somewhat more complicated. How do you love and celebrate a country that’s so obviously flawed? A...
| May 5, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyWhat’s the first thing that you think of when you think of Martin Luther King, Jr.? Perhaps the “I have a dream speech”? That’s what we learn about in school. But what was King’s dream at the end of his life? It was to build a massive movement of all...
| Jul 13, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyWhen I heard about the police shootings of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile, I thought back to another name etched into American history: Dred Scott. In 1857, the Supreme Court was tasked with deciding whether Scott, an African American man born into slavery,...
| Sep 2, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyRick Smith hosts a daily radio talk show based in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, which bills itself as the place “where working people come to talk.” Smith makes it his business to know the pulse of the labor movement. But he admits to one area where his...
| Aug 24, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyThe late civil rights activist Julian Bond, who passed away this month, lived his life as a tireless champion of the oppressed and maligned, a battle-worn warrior for civil rights, equality, and social justice. Bond fought the good fight, and at the still-youthful age...
