| Mar 4, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control released some welcome news recently: Americans are living a tiny bit longer. In 2018, U.S. life expectancy inched up about a month, from 78.6 to 78.7 years. The White House credited “President Trump, first lady Melania Trump, and...
| Dec 4, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyLike nearly all Americans of a certain age, I was told in school that tobacco, alcohol, and marijuana are gateway drugs — and that is why marijuana should remain illegal. First of all, even if you accept that these three substances are “gateways” to something worse,...
| Oct 29, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyHere is a hard truth: Police do not keep communities safe. This year alone has produced numerous stories of officers causing distress, damage, or death in communities they’re sworn to protect. As this epidemic worsens, communities need to find new ways to handle...
| Feb 25, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a New York State Trooper was handcuffing me at our State Capitol, I told him, “I lost my son. This is for him.” Jeff was an amazing kid, a chef, who was 28 when he died of a heroin overdose. I was willing to face arrest at an Albany protest because our elected...
| Feb 20, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs the sister of a brother lost to an opioid overdose, Trump’s claim that we need a border wall in order to keep drugs out is offensive to me on multiple levels. Fact checkers also report that his claims are not true — a border wall would not keep drugs out of our...