| Aug 15, 2018 | RoundupPresident Trump just signed a massive, $717 billion defense bill named for Senator John McCain. But for most of the media, the controversy here wasn’t the price tag or its effects — it was that Trump refused to personally thank McCain when he signed it. This...
| | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOn an otherwise sleepy August day, President Trump signed the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act. Named for the dying Arizona senator who’s championed military budgets for his entire career, the bill increases U.S. military spending to an astonishing $717...
| | Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedThe first thing I heard about glyphosate — the active ingredient in the popular weed killer Roundup — was that it was non-toxic. Whatever you wanted to say about other pesticides, many of which are poisonous to humans, glyphosate was safe. It’s not controversial...
| | Economy / BusinessIt was once the biggest toy company in the world. But Toys ‘R’ Us turned off the lights in its remaining stores for the last time this summer, becoming the most recent casualty of Wall Street greed. As Toys ‘R’ Us first began its descent into bankruptcy and...
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