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The Human Cost of LGBTQ Book Bans

The Human Cost of LGBTQ Book Bans

| Sep 7, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAcross the country, an ongoing education controversy has erupted around queerness. Republicans in Florida and other states have moved to eliminate any mention of queer people from public schools. Drag queen storytimes have been embraced by libraries but opposed by...
Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism

Overcoming the Distorted Narrative of Christian Nationalism

| Jun 1, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI grew up in rural upstate New York, where life was difficult and often isolating. Folks in our community were very poor, but we took care of one another. Neighbors lavished affection and support on my family. Still, there was a deep undercurrent of abandonment and...
If Anti-Trans Lawmakers Got Their Way, I Might Not Be Alive Today

If Anti-Trans Lawmakers Got Their Way, I Might Not Be Alive Today

| Apr 27, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn states across the country, small-minded lawmakers are pushing cruel, vicious new bills targeting transgender children. These bills threaten to ban everything from medical care to even acknowledging the existence of trans people in the classroom. Many threaten...
I’m a Christian Mom and I Love My Trans Daughter

I’m a Christian Mom and I Love My Trans Daughter

| Mar 2, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMoms of trans kids are so tired. We can’t keep living in flight or fight mode. We need you. I’m a Christian, a nurse, and a hard working, loving mom of seven children. One of them, my 11-year-old daughter Kai, is transgender. She’s happy and healthy, with a huge...
I Want Civil Rights. They Want to Talk About Sports.

I Want Civil Rights. They Want to Talk About Sports.

| Mar 24, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt was a warm afternoon on Fort Myer, just south of Arlington Cemetery, when my Dad said, “Living with you, it’s like that movie The Fly.” For the uninitiated, David Cronenberg’s 1986 sci-fi classic tells the graphic story of Dr. Seth Brundel, an ambitious scientist...
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