| May 8, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA bill in Texas would allow professionals of all kinds — doctors, pharmacists, electricians — to deny services to LGBTQ customers on religious grounds. This comes alongside the Trump administration’s rollout of a rule that would allow health care providers to actually...
| Apr 30, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor more than 30 years, I’ve led faith-focused delegations to Central America — and since 2016, to U.S.-Mexico border communities. We’ve taken nuns, bishops, rabbis, and grassroots congregants to learn about realities rarely covered in the news. This April...
| Mar 25, 2019 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a young mother doing it on my own, Medicaid has become a necessity. After giving birth at 17, I re-enrolled in high school in my hometown of Austin, Texas. But I felt lost. I didn’t know how I could take care of my son — an experience that was entirely new...
| Mar 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|Rights / DemocracySometimes we forget that the progressive movement’s political goal is not just to elect good officials, but to enact good public policy. From my eight-year experience as Texas agriculture commissioner years ago, I can attest that the second goal doesn’t...
| Feb 27, 2019 | Economy / BusinessThe richest man in the world, who heads one of the world’s largest and richest corporations, is also filthy rich in arrogance and pomposity. Jeff Bezos of Amazon demanded that a city’s officials kowtow to him by handing billions of taxpayer dollars to his retail...
