| Sep 25, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAt this September’s Democratic presidential debate — held at a historically black college in Houston — some 14 million Americans tuned in to watch the 10 leading candidates debate each other for the first time. The debate set another important precedent: All of the...
| Aug 14, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy“Yes we can,” went Barack Obama’s presidential campaign slogan, inspired by labor rights activist Dolores Huerta. After mass shootings killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio, I can’t help but recall how those three words — “yes we can” — encouraged hope and unity. Nearly...
| Aug 2, 2019 | HP Featured|Peace / SecuritySeventy-four years ago this August, the U.S. dropped nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. It was one of the most horrific acts of warfare in history. This month, we remember the 200,000 or more civilian men, women, and children who died, and the many thousands...