| May 7, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe people who sell fancy sports cars and high-end Swiss watches look forward to the time of year when the big Wall Street banks hand out their annual cash bonuses. According to new figures, those bonuses added up a whopping $27.5 billion last year. That’s a lot of...
| May 3, 2019 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhat mother on earth doesn’t want equality and health for her child? I certainly do. I gave birth nearly two decades ago to a healthy, beautiful, intelligent child, who cried more than I thought she would and whose tutu-wearing terrible twos persisted into her...
| May 1, 2019 | RoundupToday marks May Day, which in nearly every other country in the world is International Workers Day. If you missed it last week, check out my old colleague Sarauv Sarkar’s op-ed on why we need to bring it to the U.S. This week, Cherie Mortice has a dispatch from...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI’m a retired public school teacher living in Des Moines. I grew up here close to the city limits, with an easy escape to the countryside that was once dotted with miles and miles of small family farms. The sight and even the smells of those small farms were a welcome...
| | Environment / HealthI’ve spent the past three years in therapy for trauma. I do a type of therapy called Somatic Experiencing that’s highly effective and has turned my entire life around. Thanks to this therapy, I’ve lost weight, I’ve developed healthy sleep habits, and I smile more. I’m...
