| May 20, 2020 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIf you’ve ever had a parent or loved one incarcerated, you know how scary it can be. There’s so much that can go wrong in prison, and neither you nor your loved one have much control over it. Thanks to mass incarceration, millions live with this fear every day — 64...
| May 13, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFrom the beginning of this pandemic, the response of our elected officials has prioritized private profits over saving lives. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for example, recently came out against federal support for state budgets, saying state pensions were...
| May 12, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyEvery morning for the last two months, I’ve checked the news in my home state of Florida with growing concern. First came the photos of unemployed people lining up to file for benefits in person, denied access to an overburdened system. Then came the news that only a...
| May 6, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyWhat’s the gimmick in Trump’s plan to “rescue” the public Postal Service? One thing we’ve learned for sure this year is that no national crisis is too awful to keep Trump and Company from exploiting it for their plutocratic political purposes. COVID-19 is a God awful...