| Apr 26, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA pair of new investigative reports about Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas are a testament to the need for better guard rails against moneyed influence. The first bombshell story from ProPublica highlighted how a billionaire named Harlan Crow befriended Thomas...
| Jan 18, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs many of its own members privately admit, Congress has become a pay-to-play lawmaking casino — closed to commoners, but offering full-service access to corporate powers. But there’s another government entity that’s even more aloof from workaday people: the Supreme...
| Dec 14, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAre state lawmakers free to ignore the results of a presidential election? Can they — in defiance of a state’s own constitution — design its congressional districts so a minority of voters pick a large majority of the state’s representatives? Can they discard voting...
| Jul 13, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyBarely a month ago we lived in a world where all Americans had the right to decide for themselves whether to continue a pregnancy. For much of the country, that’s now history. Just weeks ago, states could implement at least some common-sense limits on carrying guns....
