| Aug 12, 2020 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFederal troops may be standing down in Portland for now. But Donald Trump has also dispatched federal agents to Cleveland, Milwaukee, Detroit, Chicago, Kansas City, and Albuquerque. Trump claimed his orders are intended to “restore law and order.” But this isn’t about...
| Jun 10, 2020 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe mass these protests against systemic racism are driving Donald Trump plumb crazy! Of course, that’s a pretty short drive for him. He would be hilarious if his buffoonery were not so dangerous and destructive. For example, he had peaceful protesters gassed,...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityFollowing the police killing of George Floyd, we are witnessing the largest nationwide uprising in five decades. Unfortunately, these largely nonviolent protests against racism and police brutality have been met by militarized police forces who deploy tear gas, among...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAmericans may or may not know there’s more than one Independence Day in the United States. In addition to the Fourth of July holiday all Americans recognize, black Americans commemorate our ancestors’ freedom from slavery on Juneteenth. Two years after Abraham Lincoln...
| Jun 3, 2020 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe grocery store across from my old house in La Mesa, California (just outside of San Diego) has been vandalized and looted. Two nearby banks were burned to the ground. Who did it? In similar scenes across the country, it depends who you ask. Various reports blame...