| Dec 10, 2019 | Rights / DemocracyAs President Trump’s impeachment unspools, news coverage is buzzing about conspiracy theories and geopolitical rivalries. But at the root of Trump’s effort to extort Ukraine was a simple motive: Trump hoped to influence our elections to preserve his power and that of...
| Nov 27, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThomas Jefferson may have written that all men were created equal in the Declaration of Independence. But he, along with so many of his fellow plantation owners, was still complicit in the institution of slavery. Jefferson’s famous Monticello plantation, a picturesque...
| Nov 20, 2019 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy“Is Trump a racist?” I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on...
| Nov 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEvery weekday for six weeks this fall, I had radiation treatment for early-stage breast cancer. This journey has been a lesson in our broken social and economic systems. In May, I saw my obstetrician for pain in my right breast. I had already put off the visit for...
| Nov 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedIf you’re poor in America, climate change is your issue. We’ve already seen why. In 2004, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, leaving many thousands displaced and unemployed. In 2017, Hurricane Maria fell upon Puerto Rico, destroying homes and disabling the...
