| Dec 14, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre state lawmakers free to ignore the results of a presidential election? Can they — in defiance of a state’s own constitution — design its congressional districts so a minority of voters pick a large majority of the state’s representatives? Can they discard voting...
| 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...
| May 19, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedWhen most people think about air pollution, they may imagine power plant smokestacks or car tailpipes. But an alarming new study forces us to think about deadly air pollution from another source: factory farms. New research finds that air pollution from agriculture...
| Feb 24, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedSmithfield is the country’s largest pork producer — and one of the biggest industrial polluters. But it doesn’t want you to think of it that way. Instead, the company likes to promote a conscientious, sustainable, family-farmer image, summed up with a simple...
| Dec 24, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFor years, Republicans in North Carolina have tried to roll back voter rights in the interest of “preventing fraud.” But now, one of their own — Republican Mark Harris in the state’s 9th congressional district — stands credibly accused of paying a consultant who may...