| Jun 12, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedRising global temperatures are intensifying the effects of extreme weather events across the United States and around the world. Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, floods, and severe storms are becoming the norm, not the exception. Extreme weather events...
| Mar 12, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedRecently, I was driving home up highway 169 in Lee County, Alabama. Ten minutes after we passed a roadside business, it was destroyed by 170 mile-per-hour winds. Trees turned into missiles, and 23 lives were lost. This monster storm tracked through Beauregard and...
| Feb 6, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAs a fourth-year medical student, I’ve learned plenty about caring for patients with common illnesses and injuries. But as a native of fire-ravaged Northern California, and a student in Pennsylvania — where I hear regularly about communities torn apart by the...
| Oct 4, 2017 | Rights / DemocracyHurricane-struck Puerto Rico wants “everything done for them,” says President Trump. Puerto Rico, an island of 3.5 million inhabitants — all of whom are U.S. citizens — gets nearly nothing done for it. Puerto Rico, a colony of the United States, has gotten...
