| Oct 16, 2024 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyAs school kids learn in civics class, our government is made up of three separate branches. The church isn’t one of them — unless you live in Oklahoma. There, a fanatical Christian Nationalist named Ryan Walters is the appointed superintendent of schools. But Walters...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyRepublicans are counting on fears of immigrants to draw white conservatives to the polls. This calculation is dangerous — and it lets the real villains in our politics off the hook. There’s a direct line between Donald Trump’s 2015 declaration about Mexican “rapists”...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedBoth major presidential candidates have called for eliminating taxes on tips. But that won’t help most restaurant workers. What will? Replacing the subminimum wages that tipped workers make with one fair wage nationwide. The federal minimum wage for most workers is...
| Sep 18, 2024 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyA Florida resident named Isaac Menasche received a home visit this September from a police officer asking whether he’d signed a petition for a ballot measure. The petition, which Menasche had indeed signed, was for a November initiative overturning a strict abortion...
| Sep 11, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAt a time when voters and politicians are historically divided, there is one issue that Americans largely agree upon: It’s time to legalize marijuana. Months ago, Vice President Kamala Harris tweeted that “Nobody should have to go to jail for weed.” Despite her past...
