| Jun 3, 2020 | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe grocery store across from my old house in La Mesa, California (just outside of San Diego) has been vandalized and looted. Two nearby banks were burned to the ground. Who did it? In similar scenes across the country, it depends who you ask. Various reports blame...
| Apr 22, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyI don’t know how you’re spending your quarantine, but I’ve spent the past few weeks wondering how to legally obtain marijuana. In states where it’s legal, people are stocking up on weed like it’s toilet paper. But I live in Wisconsin, where it most certainly isn’t. I...
| Apr 15, 2020 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFirst, it was a public health crisis. Now, it’s decimating the economy. And for it’s next trick, the coronavirus is threatening to undermine the 2020 election. Unless, that is, Congress steps in to ensure we can vote by mail. If you’re curious what the worst case...
| Apr 8, 2020 | Rights / DemocracyWisconsin might have just decided the November election for Trump at the expense of its own citizens’ lives. As of April 7, the state’s primary election day, there were 2,511 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state, with the disease continuing to spread. Thanks to...
| Nov 6, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRepublicans are less likely to win elections when voter turnout is high. It’s true: Four of the five states with the highest voter turnout voted blue in the last presidential and midterm elections. All are crucial swing states. In 2016, the one that didn’t — Wisconsin...
