| May 9, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|Rights / DemocracyAs financial stress rises, suicide hotlines are spreading across farm country. Four straight years of low income, rising debt, and now fights with major trading partners are taking their toll on farmers and rural communities. Worse, Congress seems to be pretending...
| | Environment / HealthAbout a month ago, my life changed practically overnight. I’ve had migraines nearly every day since 1995. There are all kinds of other quirks about my body too. I needed at least 10 hours of sleep, and I couldn’t get up before noon. I was hungry all of the...
| May 5, 2018 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyWhat’s the first thing that you think of when you think of Martin Luther King, Jr.? Perhaps the “I have a dream speech”? That’s what we learn about in school. But what was King’s dream at the end of his life? It was to build a massive movement of all...
| May 2, 2018 | Economy / BusinessIn the classic 1960s movie The Graduate, a family friend offers Dustin Hoffman, the recent graduate, one word of advice: “plastics.” My advice for today’s high school graduates: “learn a trade.” Unfortunately, there’s a historic stigma about “voc-ed,” the result...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyHousing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Ben Carson has answered President Trump’s call to shrink the social safety net. Carson recently offered a proposal that would triple the rent some of America’s poorest families have to pay before they get housing...
