| Feb 7, 2024 | Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis plot line could have come from one of Charles Dickens’ novels about upper-class depravity: “Miserly governors refuse to provide gruel for poverty-stricken ragamuffins.” Unfortunately, this is not a novel, but modern-day reality taking place in 15 states, where...
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| Jan 31, 2024 | RoundupIf inflation is going down, why does life still feel so expensive? And what can we do about it? This week, our contributors offer some answers. Lindsay Owens and Elizabeth Pancotti kick things off by sharing their eyebrow-raising new finding that corporate profits...
| | Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the 1980s, many Texans were alarmed that hordes of immigrants were fleeing Rust Belt states and pouring across the Red River to take our jobs. So my friend Steve Fromholz recommended a big beautiful wall across our northern border to keep them out. Fromholz, a...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAmericans have been on a vacation binge since the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. In particular, the vacation rental company Airbnb is thriving. Late last year, the company posted its highest-ever profits. Meanwhile cities are seeing rising rents, unaffordable home...
