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GOP Ads Cry “Crime!” But Homicides Are Actually Falling

GOP Ads Cry “Crime!” But Homicides Are Actually Falling

| Oct 26, 2022 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIf you’re trying to process all those political ads you’re seeing about crime, you’d better look at the facts. First of all, why are we hearing about this now? Republican-appointed justices just canceled the right to abortion. Most Republicans oppose acting to protect...
The War on Immigrants Is a War on All Poor and Low-Income Americans

The War on Immigrants Is a War on All Poor and Low-Income Americans

| Oct 19, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn states across the country, cynical politicians are turning a humanitarian crisis into political theater. New Hampshire Governor John Sununu recently announced that he was deploying the state National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border, joining around two-dozen mostly...
Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift

Biden’s Marijuana Pardons Are a Seismic Shift

| Oct 10, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFulfilling a high-profile campaign pledge, President Joe Biden recently announced that his office will be issuing pardons to several thousand Americans with federal convictions for marijuana possession offenses. “There are thousands of people who have prior federal...
It’s Time for Biden to Keep His Promises On Marijuana

It’s Time for Biden to Keep His Promises On Marijuana

| Jan 12, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyPoliticians are no strangers to making campaign promises. Delivering on those promises? Well, that’s often another story. Such is the case thus far with President Biden’s campaign pledge to reform America’s archaic and unpopular marijuana prohibition laws. “No one...
Prison Gerrymandering: The Modern ‘Three-Fifths Compromise’

Prison Gerrymandering: The Modern ‘Three-Fifths Compromise’

| Dec 1, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre free and fair elections too much to ask for? Thanks to partisan gerrymandering — and its ugly cousin, prison gerrymandering — the answer is often yes. High-stakes redistricting battles now underway will help determine next year’s midterm elections. In a perfect...
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