| Aug 14, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedOn Thursday, July 12th, a small, rainy island in the North Atlantic proved it was on the right side of history. The Republic of Ireland passed a bill to divest its $370 million worth of investments in around 150 fossil fuel companies within five years. Should the bill...
| | Environment / HealthI can still remember the first time I saw tracks left behind by seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. It was the mid-1990s and I had been guiding a group of people on a float trip across the coastal plain of the refuge towards the Arctic Ocean. After...
| Aug 13, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyMonopolies aren’t merely un-American — they’re virulently anti-American. They suppress our fundamental values of fairness and opportunity for all. Our people have instinctively rebelled at monopoly avarice — from the Boston Tea Party to the populist movement,...
| Aug 8, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWe’ve all heard claims that fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and gas are major job creators. President Trump says so all the time. But it turns out that developing and installing the technology to reduce fossil fuel use — known in the industry as “energy...
| Aug 6, 2018 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracySupreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has a history of interpreting the law in a way that serves the interests of the powerful over equality and justice. Having grown up in the segregated South, I’m acutely aware of what’s at stake. I’m...
