| Aug 5, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyNew coal standards proposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are threatening to permanently undermine the federal government’s power to control power plant pollution. The new rule — which would empower states to decide how much they want to reduce their...
| Jul 31, 2019 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe most ridiculous thing about Donald Trump’s xenophobic, demagogic assault on Central American amnesty seekers is that his frantic demand to build a $5-billion-dollar border wall isn’t his most ridiculous ploy. Even more ridiculous is his panicky political...
| Jul 24, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRepublicans have a go-to line when it comes to deflecting charges of racism: We’re the party of Lincoln! For instance, after President Trump spewed divisive, racist rhetoric toward Democratic Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ayanna Pressley, Ilhan Omar, and Rashida...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / Democracy“We are one of the wealthiest countries in the history of this world. And yet millions of adults in the United States still don’t have health insurance,” Rep. Ilhan Omar told her Minnesota constituents at a July 18 town hall. A day after the president of the United...
| Jul 17, 2019 | Rights / DemocracyAs I navigate life as a queer disabled woman, I frequently think of Yale political scientist James C. Scott’s concept of the “weapons of the weak.” Scott poses that while we usually think of resistance as overt, organized protests or rebellions,...
