| Dec 7, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySocial Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock’s re-election victory there should be good news for Gold Star families, paralyzed veterans, seniors, and indeed all of Social Security’s over 65 million...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRight around the time I heard lawmakers were considering a year-end package of tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, my 12-year-old son’s bike broke. It felt like just another thing I couldn’t fix for him. Yet here are our lawmakers “fixing” things for those...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityCan you imagine the audacity to fail a multi-trillion dollar audit of public funds, and then ask for even more of those taxpayer dollars? Pentagon leaders just did exactly that. This month news broke that the agency once again failed to pass a basic audit showing that...
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| Nov 30, 2022 | RoundupFrom Thanksgiving to Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Years, the holiday season can be a painful time for all families who’ve lost loved ones. This year alone, writes Ellen Glover, more than 108,000 people in this country have died from opioid overdoses — and each...
