| Apr 1, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityThe war on Iran has caused the biggest oil supply disruption in history, as oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz falters. Taken together with this year’s invasion of Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves, and the Trump administration’s...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWe Americans are barraged these days with multiple crises, so I hate to add anything else to our list of worries. But I’m told this one is an epic disaster, so we must respond! It started in California, and one financial leader there now calls it “the greatest tragedy...
| Mar 25, 2026 | RoundupCosts for the war in Iran continue to mount for the global economy, U.S. consumers, and perhaps soon enough, taxpayers. This week in OtherWords, Lindsay Koshgarian highlights the Pentagon’s shocking $200 billion request to fund the war. That’s more than...
| | Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedPresident Trump has systematically broken virtually every promise made on the campaign trail to court health-focused voters. His most recent walk-backs on pesticide reform are a cruel insult to the idea of “making America healthy again.” Among other controversies, he...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Senate is debating the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. Voting rights organizations, civil rights groups, and others warn that the bill would cause unprecedented disruptions in voting, potentially disenfranchising tens of millions of...
