| Jul 29, 2020 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyRelics of America’s harrowing past are facing new scrutiny, and rightfully so. Statues are falling. NFL teams are renaming themselves. Even syrup brands are being discontinued. Some critics worry that we’ll “forget our history” if we remove these racist symbols....
| Jan 15, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA Google search for “paying school lunch debt” reveals a long list of recent news stories about good Samaritans paying off the school lunch debt of children whose families cannot afford it. A Fredonia, New York man paid off $2,000 in school lunch debt in...
| Dec 17, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I grew up in the 1970s, my father often sat in an alcoholic or drug-induced stupor. When he was left in charge, the TV served as the “adult” in the room for us. As a toddler, I thought of Oscar the Grouch, Cookie Monster, Bert and Ernie, and the other residents...
| Dec 9, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|Rights / DemocracyYou may have heard about the Trump administration’s latest attack on very poor Americans: a punitive new restriction that will cut SNAP benefits for 688,000 people. SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is our country’s most popular and effective nutrition assistance...
| Jul 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn 1968 — just a week after Martin Luther King, Jr.’s assassination — Congress passed the Fair Housing Act, or FHA. The law secured everyone’s right to housing regardless of race, national origin, disability, familial status, sex, or religion. The FHA protects people...
