| Feb 3, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Joe Biden has repealed the Muslim ban. As the news rolled in, I remembered how I felt four years ago, when the Trump administration first announced its intention to ban people from from several Muslim-majority countries from entering the country. The feeling...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyUnity and bipartisanship sound wonderful. But can anyone explain how “building bridges” to today’s GOP will get anything done? Republicans now demand “unity” even as many embrace the big lie that President Biden stole the election from Trump — and even after some...
| Jan 27, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Biden recently became the first president to condemn white supremacy by name in an inaugural address. Then some Republicans got mad because, they say, it’s an attack on them. He’s “calling us racists,” Rand Paul complained. “According to the left, supporting...
| | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI have spent my entire career working to end election-related conflicts, mostly overseas. Unfortunately, this experience is now increasingly relevant at home. Ahead of the Capitol insurrection, the U.S. met several criteria that increased the likelihood of election...
| Jan 20, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyHaving lived and protested in the streets of D.C., I was shocked to see the U.S. Capitol breached by insurrectionists denying the outcome of last year’s presidential election. As an activist, I’ve gotten scrutiny visiting the Capitol just for wearing politicized...