| May 26, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured“Outrageous,” screeched the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. “It doesn’t feel fair,” whimpered a top corporate executive. The wailing by those who run corporate America is not for the plight of the workaday families who’ve seen their incomes stagnate and even plummet to zero...
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| May 19, 2021 | RoundupAs the latest Israeli assault on Gaza continues, we offer two perspectives from writers who’ve visited the region. Jill Richardson, whose upbringing was Jewish, visited Israel with her family as a teenager. Tracey L. Rogers, a racial justice advocate in the...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedNot only are the rich different from you and me — they’re getting more different than ever. I’m not referring to mere millionaires, but to the billionaire bunch. In the past year, while ordinary Americans have lost jobs, businesses, and homes due to the pandemic...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedWhen most people think about air pollution, they may imagine power plant smokestacks or car tailpipes. But an alarming new study forces us to think about deadly air pollution from another source: factory farms. New research finds that air pollution from agriculture...