| Jan 9, 2019 | Peace / SecurityIf you think our government’s war policy has become out-of-this world cuckoo, consider the spaciness being proposed by the cosmonauts on Spaceship Trump. Spending $700 billion a year on maintaining the five branches of the U.S. war machine (not counting the...
| Dec 24, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn this season of (hoped for) peace and goodwill, it’s worth looking for things our divided country can agree on. And since all of us want to be able to trust government to spend wisely, we might find common cause in a surprising place: the Pentagon budget. When you...
| Nov 7, 2018 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyA few weeks before the election, a roomful of Wisconsinites gathered to share some of the stories that are often left out of political campaigns. At a Racine gathering of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, visitors shared real-life stories...
| Aug 28, 2018 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the last days of his life, an old video of John McCain surfaced on the internet. It’s 2008. He’s running for president and fielding questions from voters in Minnesota. A middle-aged woman takes the microphone. “I can’t trust Obama,” she complains of McCain’s...
| Aug 15, 2018 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOn an otherwise sleepy August day, President Trump signed the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act. Named for the dying Arizona senator who’s championed military budgets for his entire career, the bill increases U.S. military spending to an astonishing $717...
