| Sep 1, 2021 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI grew up in a loving family — financially poor, but spiritually rich. My family was blessed with the abundance of having my two strong grandmothers who helped us make it out of poverty. But when they both died from pollution-related illnesses, I learned that simply...
| Aug 18, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOn the last night of a recent trip to Minneapolis, I walked along the Mississippi River waterfront. A young man, a worker with the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area, asked if I had any questions. We spoke at length about the river and his job, which...
| Aug 4, 2021 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, we’ve seen the Bootleg fire rage through Oregon. East Coasters have been breathing West Coast smoke. Massive floods have slammed towns from Germany to China. The town of Lytton, British Columbia burned to the ground. These disasters give a new sense of...
| Jun 9, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyA decades-old pipeline called Line 3, run by the Canadian company Enbridge, is in the midst of a controversial upgrade. That has sparked fierce resistance from Indigenous communities living along the route. Line 3 is being replaced to transport nearly 800,000 barrels...
| Aug 21, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBurning fossil fuels boils our planet — that much is generally well known. But often these fuels do serious damage before they ever get to market. They spill out of pipelines, poison groundwater, or explode on trains. Even when they don’t, building new pipelines and...