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Struggling Families Like Mine Are Waiting on a Bomb to Go Off

Struggling Families Like Mine Are Waiting on a Bomb to Go Off

| Sep 3, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy mom worked harder than anyone I know. She wanted a good life for us. It was a hard life — I remember the Christmas she had to pawn our gifts to pay the light bill — but she made it special for us. Now I have two kids of my own, and I want them to have every...
Is It Socialism Or Just Common Sense?

Is It Socialism Or Just Common Sense?

| Aug 26, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe debate over capitalism vs. socialism often looks like a battle of cartoon caricatures: Monopoly Man versus the Marx Monster. Across the planet there are countless flavors of capitalism and socialism, unique mashups of free markets and government policies. Into...
The Moral Poverty of the Rich and Powerful

The Moral Poverty of the Rich and Powerful

| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedDon’t tell anybody, but millions of American children, workers, and elderly people are enduring the personal horror of dispiriting, debilitating, deadening poverty every day. It’s our national horror, too, for the greatest cause of their penury is not lack of...
America at 250: It’s Time for a Tax Code That Lives Up to Our Ideals

America at 250: It’s Time for a Tax Code That Lives Up to Our Ideals

| Jul 1, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States is a moment to celebrate the ideals that gave birth to this country. But the anniversary also presents an opportunity to ask a difficult question: What does it mean to honor a nation founded on equality when...
Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune Is a Flashing Warning Light for Democracy

Musk’s Trillion-Dollar Fortune Is a Flashing Warning Light for Democracy

| Jun 24, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe red emergency light is flashing on America’s democracy dashboard, like a damaged aircraft teetering toward a mountain. Elon Musk becoming the planet’s first trillionaire should make us tremble for the future of self-governing republics. It’s as if we’re bringing...
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