| Jul 17, 2019 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyYou’ve heard the cliche: If you’re taking heat from “both sides,” you must be doing something right. It’s dubious advice, but it fits pretty well for “the Squad” — the progressive first-year Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Rashida Tlaib, and Ilhan...
| Jul 10, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s hard to find the nuggets of good news in the media these days. Many people are so burnt out on the Trump news rollercoaster, which goes around the clock, changes frequently, and often shocks and outrages, that the least painful option is to skip the news...
| Jul 3, 2019 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyTrump, under fire for separating immigrant children from their families and detaining them in inhumane conditions, has falsely claimed that Obama started the policy of family separation. Obama’s policies for migrant children and immigration were not perfect. He...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security“What’s wrong?” I asked my mother, as I saw her broken expression. She was on the phone, speaking with my grandparents in Iran. “A terrible thing has happened,” she replied. My grandparent’s home in Tehran had been broken into. The thieves took everything they could...