| Dec 2, 2020 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyYears ago, Robert Kennedy noted that progress is hard. “Progress is nice,” he said, “but its agent is change, and change has its enemies.” Kennedy’s recognition that gutsy, honest leadership is necessary to confront wealthy interests and advance the common good...
| Oct 22, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|HP SubfeaturedWhen I attended President Trump’s October 13 rally in Des Moines, I was disgusted by the lies I heard. Trump likes to brag about how many jobs he’s created. He likes to claim that he’s fulfilled his promise to be the “the greatest jobs president that God had ever...
| Jul 11, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBefore major news organizations pronounce someone dead, they ought to check the person’s pulse. Take, for example, a recent New York Times screed prematurely pronouncing the Our Revolution political organization — launched only two years ago by veterans of the...
| Oct 12, 2016 | Rights / DemocracyBernie Sanders’ truly revolutionary campaign for president ended in August after the last Democratic primary election. Corporatists, cynics, and most of the media assumed that the grassroots populist revolution he inspired was over as well. They couldn’t...