| Aug 29, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIt’s no secret that our country incarcerates people of color at much higher rates than white people. What might be less well known is that this can begin in the classroom. Across the country, schools routinely punish, suspend, and expel students of color at...
| Jan 17, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyOn January 11, the Trump administration issued a cruel announcement: If you can’t find a job, don’t count on being able to get health care. Under an unprecedented new policy, the administration will let states kick people off Medicaid for the crime of being...
| May 24, 2017 | Rights / Democracy“Don’t let complexity stop you,” Bill Gates once told graduating Harvard seniors. “Be activists. Take on the big inequities. It will be one of the great experiences of your lives.” These days, college students have no trouble transforming into...
| May 3, 2017 | Economy / BusinessThe New York Times recently ran a front-page story about 700 United Technologies Corp. workers who are seeing their jobs shipped off to Mexico. Along with their UTC Carrier counterparts in Indianapolis — who are losing 550 of their jobs to Mexico — this shift leaves...
| Sep 23, 2015 | Rights / DemocracyIn the first two Republican presidential debates, the candidates slugged it out over who hated Planned Parenthood the most. Virtually every hopeful promised to defund the organization. Some of them, including Senator Ted Cruz, are vowing to force the issue — even if...
