| Jun 14, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis op-ed was originally published on June 19, 2019. We’re reprinting it to mark Juneteenth in 2022. One day in late June, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas. They carried some historic news: Legal slavery had ended some two and a half years ago...
| Feb 2, 2022 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhen President Gerald Ford officially recognized Black History Month in 1976, he urged all Americans to “seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.” It’s true — Black...
| Dec 1, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre free and fair elections too much to ask for? Thanks to partisan gerrymandering — and its ugly cousin, prison gerrymandering — the answer is often yes. High-stakes redistricting battles now underway will help determine next year’s midterm elections. In a perfect...
| Apr 21, 2021 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyA House bill to study reparations for slavery, H.R. 40, resurfaced in committee this April and is dusting up old debates about how much is owed, to whom, and who should pay. The issue can be divisive. But as a supporter of reparations, a recent Jeopardy clue (of all...
| Mar 3, 2021 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe Conservative Political Action Conference’s annual theme this year was “America Uncanceled.” The conference was light on policy and heavy on grievance. One New York Times reporter said it was a clear sign that “Trumpism is replacing conservatism” in the GOP. But in...
