| May 15, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedManufacturers of new weight loss drugs are salivating at the prospect of profit. What Americans eat, how they diet and exercise, the sugar content of their sodas, and the high fructose corn syrup in their processed foods have long been objects of endless gambling on...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyNext year, when key provisions of President Trump’s 2017 tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations expire, we have an opportunity to get our money back. I’m not just talking about all the foregone tax revenue we’ve lost because the rich have paid so little since 2017...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEvery religion prioritizes care for the needy. Christianity’s Benedictine Rule, for example, puts care of the sick atop the moral order — “above and before every other duty.” Really? Even above the holy Wall Street mandate that medical and insurance conglomerates must...
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| May 8, 2024 | RoundupIt’s graduation season. But while graduates and their families celebrate their accomplishments, for millions a new worry is settling in: How am I going to pay all that debt? Back in 2022, President Biden ordered up to $20,000 in debt relief for each student...
