| May 15, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedYears ago, tobacco companies discovered the link between their products and lung cancer. Did they warn their customers? No — they denied the link entirely, misleading the public for decades while killing their customers. Similarly, ExxonMobil scientists made...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP FeaturedI don’t get that much hate mail — except when I write about race. This spring I coauthored a report called “Ten Solutions to Bridge the Racial Wealth Divide.” My coauthors and I found that the median white family today owns 41 times more wealth than the median black...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Democratic primaries are heating up. One notable feature of the race is the strong presence of progressive candidates — which has many in the establishment wing of the party worried. Former president Barack Obama, whose moderate vice president Joe Biden is now in...
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| May 14, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyShould Americans caught up in the justice system be stripped of their right to vote? Senator Bernie Sanders catapulted the issue into the spotlight when he declared his unequivocal support for the voting rights of prison inmates at a recent town hall. “I think...
