| Feb 25, 2026 | RoundupIn a record-long State of the Union address last night, President Trump essentially declared victory in the fight for affordability. Millions of Americans, however, must wonder what on earth he was talking about. Last week in OtherWords, North Carolina mom and...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBy most measures, cannabis legalization is a resounding success for the 24 states (plus D.C.) that have implemented it. That’s why no state has ever repealed its legalization laws, and public support for the policy remains near all-time highs. Nonetheless, the policy...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis February, a panel of conservative federal judges ruled that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) can move forward with terminating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for immigrants from Nicaragua, Honduras, and Nepal. For the over 60,000 immigrants impacted by...
| | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedPresident Trump has declared that he has “won affordability.” In his State of the Union speech, he even bragged that he’s bringing costs “way down on health care and everything else.” In reality, the Trump administration is making it much harder for working families...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedGeorge Orwell spoke bluntly about the nefarious nature of advertising, calling it “the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.” Even Orwell, though, would’ve been astonished by the cacophony of swill bucket advertising currently being blasted at us by Amazon,...
