| Jan 13, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump won’t be around forever. But the political crises his attacks on democracy have caused will outlive his one-term presidency. For one thing, the nearly 150 congressional Republicans who supported his attempted coup will probably remain in office, even...
| Aug 26, 2020 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRory McVeigh wrote The Rise of the Ku Klux Klan, a study of the KKK in the 1920s, in 2009 — long before Donal Trump became president. But it could almost be about Trump today. In the 1920s, white, male, U.S.-born Protestants worried they were losing status, economic...
| Nov 20, 2019 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy“Is Trump a racist?” I have two answers to that question. First, most white Americans misunderstand racism solely as intentional beliefs held by individual racists who hate people on the basis of race. For example, at times the media has focused on...
| Aug 14, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy“Yes we can,” went Barack Obama’s presidential campaign slogan, inspired by labor rights activist Dolores Huerta. After mass shootings killed 31 people in Texas and Ohio, I can’t help but recall how those three words — “yes we can” — encouraged hope and unity. Nearly...
