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An Ugly New Era of “States’ Rights”

An Ugly New Era of “States’ Rights”

| Jun 29, 2022 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAn earlier version of this op-ed was published on May 11, 2022. It was updated on June 29 with new information. The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of constitutional precedent. At least 26 states are now likely to criminalize...
Selling Out Democracy for Political Influence 

Selling Out Democracy for Political Influence 

| Jan 5, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOne year ago, the foundation of our democracy was jeopardized in a full-blown coup attempt by seditionists egged on by former president Donald Trump. People died. Confederate flags were waved inside the Capitol. People with zip ties and weapons were ready to do harm...
Why Do Supreme Court Justices Keep Saying They’re Not Hacks?

Why Do Supreme Court Justices Keep Saying They’re Not Hacks?

| Nov 3, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRalph Waldo Emerson once told about a guest who came to dinner and spent the entire evening prattling about his own integrity: “The louder he talked of his honor,” Emerson wrote: “the faster we counted our spoons.” Today, America has not one, but six guests in our...
Big Money’s War on the Build Back Better Plan

Big Money’s War on the Build Back Better Plan

| Sep 29, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyRight now, corporations and the ultra-rich are spending millions to derail President Biden’s Build Back Better plan. Behind the scenes, they’re hard at work to keep our elected officials from helping our country recover from the pandemic. Poll after poll tells us that...
Let’s Take the Profit Out of War

Let’s Take the Profit Out of War

| Aug 25, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the 21st century, many of us are used to the murderous mass violence of modern warfare. After all, we grew up living it or hearing about it. The 20th century rates as the deadliest in human history — 75 million people died in World War II alone. Millions have died...
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