| Jun 28, 2023 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn May of 1933 in Berlin, Nazis gathered in the streets, built a gigantic bonfire, and burned thousands of books. The books had been seized from the city’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft. The nonprofit institute was the first in the world to focus on the science of...
| 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...
| Jun 17, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court just affirmed a right I thought I always had: not to be fired for my sexual orientation. The 6-3 ruling found that, under existing civil rights legislation against sex-based discrimination, it’s illegal for employers to discriminate against their...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis moment in our nation’s history is marked by pain and uprising. Infections and deaths from the coronavirus are occurring at heartbreaking rates. Cities and small towns are on fire, figuratively and literally, as police brutality against black people has finally...
| Jun 10, 2020 | Rights / DemocracyDear J.K. Rowling, I can practically recite your Harry Potter books. I grew up in a family that felt like the Dursleys, and I began having chronic migraines at 14 so Harry’s scar hurting was very relatable. Finding out I was a lesbian in my 30s felt like getting my...