| Feb 20, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn the 400th year since chattel slavery began in the colony of Virginia in 1619, the Commonwealth has been under severe duress, with its heads of state embroiled in controversies descended from the colony’s founding sin. For weeks, Democrats and Republicans...
| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMidland, Michigan, where my husband and I are raising our two young children, is a small town surrounded by rural communities. Many of us living here have seen, generation-by-generation, that we’re falling behind. Our anxiety is real, but we wholeheartedly...
| Feb 13, 2019 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I visited the African American Civil War Museum in Washington, D.C., a volunteer docent asked the following question: “Who freed the slaves after the Civil War?” There were about 10 of us in the group. Some looked around wondering if it was a trick...
| Feb 8, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyA year ago, my husband Jorge was torn from our family and deported to Mexico after living peacefully in the United States for nearly 30 years, working and raising a family with me in suburban Detroit. Just a few weeks later, I was invited by my congresswoman to attend...
| Jan 30, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyWant an impossible task? Try identifying the most disturbing trend in America today. Consider the choices: Climate change denial, extreme political polarization, gun violence, etc. Those are just the ones on the national radar. Here’s one that isn’t, but needs to be:...
