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Stop Letting Credit Card Companies Squeeze Small Businesses

Stop Letting Credit Card Companies Squeeze Small Businesses

| Aug 19, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWhen a powerful industry rakes in billions for doing something that should have a negligible cost, it will say almost anything to keep that river of money flowing. It was true of the auto industry that constantly fought safety upgrades. Ditto for the oil companies...
Don’t Let Wall Street Gamble with Your Golden Years

Don’t Let Wall Street Gamble with Your Golden Years

| Sep 10, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedYour retirement savings are supposed to be the safest money you’ll ever have — not a roll of the dice. The whole point of a 401(k) and other retirement plans is to let you gradually build wealth that brings economic security in your golden years. But private equity...
Wall Street Is Killing the Housing Market

Wall Street Is Killing the Housing Market

| Aug 13, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedThere are few things more important than our homes. Alongside providing our shelter, homes are where we make memories with friends and family — where bonds are formed and strengthened. Unfortunately, the right to a home in America is under threat. Rents have...
Mobile Home Residents Should Be Able to Buy Their Parks

Mobile Home Residents Should Be Able to Buy Their Parks

| Nov 13, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedEven in a barrelful of rotten apples, you might think there’d still be a few good ones. But don’t get your hopes up looking into barrels labeled “private equity investors.” These esoteric, multibillion-dollar Wall Street schemes rig the marketplace so “high-net-worth...
The U.S. Needs a “Robin Hood Tax”

The U.S. Needs a “Robin Hood Tax”

| Aug 14, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis year’s presidential race has unfolded like a made-for-TV drama, with twists and turns aplenty. But no matter who wins the White House or Congress, a giant tax fight awaits them next year — when a number of the 2017 tax cuts for the rich and businesses expire....
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