| May 6, 2020 | RoundupAs a handful of states begin to reopen certain businesses, with support from the Trump administration, the policy divides over stay at home orders are as fractious as ever. With federal estimates predicting 3,000 COVID-19 deaths a day by the summer, it’s a long...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyWhat’s the gimmick in Trump’s plan to “rescue” the public Postal Service? One thing we’ve learned for sure this year is that no national crisis is too awful to keep Trump and Company from exploiting it for their plutocratic political purposes. COVID-19 is a God awful...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthI’ve held off saying what I have to say for a while because I don’t want to engage in “both sides-ism.” When one side is Nazis, there are not “very fine people on both sides.” There are very fine people on one side, and Nazis on the other. That said, please take my...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWe are living through a time of unprecedented challenges: a major public health crisis and a deepening recession. Congress has already authorized trillions in stimulus funds. But millions of Americans are still relying on the support of local nonprofits such as food...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I was a child, I remember having to dress up in my church clothes when I went to the bank to deposit my birthday checks or money I saved from my allowances. The idea that banks are secular versions of church remains deeply embedded in our society today. In...
