| Mar 16, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyCongress recently announced a bipartisan budget deal to fund the federal government through 2022. It’s a lopsided budget if there ever was one. Even after America’s longest war in Afghanistan ended last year, military spending isn’t going down. In fact, it’s...
| | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityWar’s grim reality is recognizable wherever it occurs. We can see it all too clearly in Ukraine — in the destruction of cities, in civilians fleeing their homes, and in the heart-wrenching casualties. No matter where it happens, war’s tragedy is the same. You wouldn’t...
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| Mar 9, 2022 | RoundupAs anyone who’s filled up their gas tank recently knows, spiraling prices for everything from gas to groceries have taken a real bite out of Americans’ wallets. So what’s going on? The pandemic is certainly part of it. So is fallout from...
| | Economy / BusinessRepublican politicos are all over Joe Biden for failing to stop inflation. Perhaps you wonder, though, what these squawkers would do if they were in charge. No need to wonder — just look back to 1974, when Americans were being pummeled by price spikes that topped 12...
