| Jul 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn 1968 — just a week after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination — Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, or FHA. The law secured everyone’s right to housing regardless of race, national origin, disability, familial status, sex, or religion. The FHA protects people...
| Mar 26, 2019 | Rights / DemocracyOur country has made significant strides in advancing LGBTQ+ rights over the last 15 years. The 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling affirming marriage equality offered millions of Americans something to be proud of. But that historic moment didn’t erase years of...
| Oct 31, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn the days leading up to the election, the news has been scary. “We” are under threat from all sides. “They” are threatening us. There’s an actual threat from violent extremists motivated by racial and ethnic hatred. One white...
| Oct 22, 2018 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTrump is having a problem with sex, and it’s not exactly what you might think. There are no Russian tapes, spankings with magazines, or confessions of grabbing anyone this time around. Specifically, it’s a problem with sex and gender. Sex and gender...
| Jul 11, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyIn his famous essay “On Civil Disobedience,” Henry David Thoreau explained why he went to jail in 1846. He said he refused to pay taxes to a government that was pursuing the extension of slavery. To support such a government, Thoreau argued, was to be complicit in its...
