| Sep 27, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedNearly twice as many Americans believe that smoking cigarettes is more hazardous to your health than smoking marijuana. They’re right. Numerous studies assessing the long-term health impacts of cannabis smoke exposure belie the myth that marijuana is associated with...
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| Sep 20, 2023 | RoundupAs the days tick down on the hottest summer in recorded history, Washington is gearing up for yet another budget fight and potential shutdown. The two events are connected, although not perhaps in the way they should be. As my colleagues Lindsay Koshgarian and Alliyah...
| | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyOh, thank God for Ted Cruz! Once again, the far-right-wing U.S. senator is saving you and me from a political horror that doesn’t exist. This is Ted’s specialty, for he seems unable to deal with the real economic and social problems that workaday people actually have....
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedThe United Auto Workers (UAW), a union of nearly 150,000 workers at America’s “Big Three” automakers, are on strike. On the face of it, UAW’s demands sound audacious. They’re calling for a 46 percent pay raise and a four-day workweek, among other things. But in the...
