| Dec 7, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRight around the time I heard lawmakers were considering a year-end package of tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, my 12-year-old son’s bike broke. It felt like just another thing I couldn’t fix for him. Yet here are our lawmakers “fixing” things for those...
| Nov 16, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe midterm elections confirmed that in many ways, we are a nation divided. But maybe not as divided as we seem. Voters may be split on their partisan preferences. But in ballot initiatives, voters across the political spectrum ushered in a wave of significant...
| Oct 19, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn states across the country, cynical politicians are turning a humanitarian crisis into political theater. New Hampshire Governor John Sununu recently announced that he was deploying the state National Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border, joining around two-dozen mostly...
| Oct 5, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI like to think I’m an American success story. I was born into homelessness, grew up in the foster care system, and suffered unthinkable domestic abuse as an adult. Now I’m on track to graduate with a Master’s degree in social work next spring. But don’t mistake...
| Sep 22, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe U.S. Census Bureau recently reported that poverty dropped notably in 2021. Amid a pandemic and widespread economic pain, this is a significant accomplishment. There are three lessons here — about government programs, about how we measure poverty, and about how far...
