| Sep 16, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedToday, I attended online classes all day and then curled up with the new Bob Woodward book, Rage. Rage is what I feel about the mishandling of COVID that led to all of my classes being online. Relatively speaking, I’ve got it good. I am financially secure, and I’m not...
| Sep 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEven before the COVID-19 pandemic, many people — including my parents — said they’d rather die than end up in a nursing home. So when my mother suffered a brain aneurysm and became severely disabled at the age of 57, my father and I cared for her at home. I had two...
| Aug 19, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyAs the recently departed progressive champion John Lewis warned, your right to vote “is not guaranteed. You can lose it.” You see, it’s one thing to “have the right” to cast your ballot, but it’s quite another thing to be able to exercise that right. During the past...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIn a few weeks, I begin my semester as a teaching assistant in an undergraduate sociology class. I am not sure what to expect. Last March, when our school sent the students home, everything happened suddenly. We weren’t sure what time zones our students would be in....
| Aug 12, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAs horrible as the COVID-19 crisis is, it has brought out the best in the American people — the selflessness of front-line nurses and doctors, for example, as well as the generous community spirit of local food businesses. But it has also amplified one of the worst...
