| Oct 13, 2021 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn a year that began with the promise of a new direction for our country, few things have been more disheartening than the eruption of voter suppression laws in Republican-led states. These laws gut the voting rights that Black and brown voters fought and died to...
| Sep 29, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy life has been hard, but I’ve always worked even harder. I want to share a bit about where it’s gotten me — and what it might mean for you if you struggle like I have. I grew up in a family without much money. When I dropped out of high school, my options were...
| Jun 16, 2021 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRev. Dr. Susan K. Smith and Rev. Levon C. Manzie We suspected it for years, and now we know it: Jim Crow was never dead. You might even say he was too mean to die. We know this because in too many places, the forces of racism are raging as laws aimed squarely at...
| Apr 7, 2021 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI believe in God and in the right to vote. Georgia’s recent election bill doesn’t just feel like an attack on democracy — it feels like an attack on my faith. The bill, formally SB 202, infamously makes it illegal to give people food or water while they’re waiting in...