As the Puerto Rican economic recession approached its 10-year mark, the island’s government was preparing to unveil a new budget plan for the 2016 fiscal year. Recognizing the failure of spending cuts ...

As 2020 continues, it has become increasingly easy to believe that the institutions of American democracy are breaking down. The president of the United States, despite having lost the presidential ...

The original artwork for this magazine piece was created by Amen Gashaw for the exclusive use of the HPR. Photos of all murals were captured by the author, Makenna Walko. Left: When it was created in ...

Image by Nelson Ndongala licensed under the Unsplash License. Four Women’s World Cup trophies, four Olympic gold medals, nine CONCACAF Championship and Gold Cups, six SheBelieves Cups. The list of ...

The original artwork for this magazine piece was created by Amen Gashaw for the exclusive use of the HPR. From “Yankee Doodle” to Kendrick Lamar’s “To Pimp a Butterfly,” music has always acted as a ...

Large balloon elephant labelled “racism” at protest. The Nordic countries are well known for topping charts globally in education, equality, and happiness levels. Nordic welfare systems provide ...

Dawn Neely-Randall has seen many things in her 24 years teaching in Ohio schools, but 2014 was different. With the advent of the Common Core State Standards in Ohio, students had to take a pilot ...

When it comes to flood myths, China’s is not as well known as Noah’s Ark, but just as influential. Legend says that four millennia ago, the Yellow and Yangtze rivers frequently flooded, with ...

Imagine sitting in an audience in a theatre, waiting for a musical to start. The lights go up and a cheerful song starts playing. Actors cluster onto the stage, and you notice something rather unusual ...

In 2009, the Norwegian Nobel Committee decided that the Nobel Peace Prize would go to a Harvard Law School graduate, an elected junior senator of Illinois, and the first Black President of the United ...

The Tenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution reads: “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or ...

Charles W. Mills is a Distinguished Professor of Philosophy at The Graduate Center, City University of New York. Born in the U.K. and raised in Jamaica, he is a leading thinker in social and political ...