| Jun 28, 2023 | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen you think of Americans whose music has made a lasting difference, you might think of Scott Joplin, Woody Guthrie, Maybelle Carter, Harry Belafonte … or Roger Payne. Who? I came across Payne in a June obituary reporting that he’d died at age 88. Yes, I...
| Sep 30, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs the pandemic continues to claim lives across the country, new information keeps coming out about how the Trump administration has made it harder for Americans to protect themselves. We now know, for example, that early in the pandemic the U.S. Postal Service had...
| Aug 11, 2020 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecuritySchools have become contested territory. For years, getting police officers out of schools has been a central goal of racial justice campaigns. Recently, they’ve won victories in Denver, Minneapolis, Portland, Charlottesville, and even on many university campuses....
| Jun 10, 2020 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe mass these protests against systemic racism are driving Donald Trump plumb crazy! Of course, that’s a pretty short drive for him. He would be hilarious if his buffoonery were not so dangerous and destructive. For example, he had peaceful protesters gassed,...
| May 21, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWhen our loved ones join the military, we know that wearing the uniform could cost them their lives. Military family members do all kinds of calculations about the potential price of serving this nation. We run the numbers and wargame the risks; we bargain with God...
