| Jun 16, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedHere’s a thought-provoking bumper sticker: “The system is fixed. We must break it.” This thought came into vivid focus recently when a new report by ProPublica revealed that a nest of preening multibillionaires — led by the likes of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Michael...
| Feb 19, 2020 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFebruary is supposed to be Black History Month — but this month, there hasn’t been much celebrating. Day after day, the news has been consumed with the impeachment trial and its aftermath, as well as the ups and downs of the 2020 presidential race, which now includes...
| Nov 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyGracie Mansion, the official residence of New York’s mayors since 1942, hosted billionaire Michael Bloomberg for three terms. The first of these terms began after Bloomberg, then the Republican candidate for mayor, spent an incredible $74 million to get himself...
| Mar 20, 2019 | Economy / BusinessGet ready to hear a lot about baking this campaign season. When it comes to how wealth is distributed in this country, “pie” is a favorite pundit metaphor. Some politicians want to “re-divide the pie,” so everyone’s slice is more equal in...
