| May 3, 2023 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracySome know the late Harry Belafonte for his genre-jumping music and silky baritone voice, epitomized in his classic 1956 album Calypso. Others swoon over his performances in films like the 1954 musical Carmen Jones. In activist circles, he’s revered for supporting his...
| May 4, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThousands of years of history is a lot to capture in one Jewish American Heritage Month, which is celebrated in May. But an old joke admirably condenses it into one sentence: “They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat.” Passover is a perfect example of this...
| Jun 16, 2021 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRev. Dr. Susan K. Smith and Rev. Levon C. Manzie We suspected it for years, and now we know it: Jim Crow was never dead. You might even say he was too mean to die. We know this because in too many places, the forces of racism are raging as laws aimed squarely at...
| Oct 7, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWell before Amy Coney Barrett was nominated to the United States Supreme Court, every step in the frenzied process had seemed terribly amiss. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and his party are playing by two sets of rules, ramming through Donald Trump’s...
| Feb 5, 2020 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyHours before the House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump for using the power of his office to sabotage our elections, Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.) gave a passionate speech on the House floor emphasizing that his colleagues’ duty with their pending votes was far...
