| Jul 17, 2025 | RoundupThis week in OtherWords, native Texan Chisom Okorafor mourns the lives lost in the state’s devastating recent floods, including the 27 kids at a Christian summer camp much like the ones she attended as a child. But this disaster wasn’t completely natural,...
| | HP SubfeaturedSurprisingly, top Republicans in Congress and the White House have recently been praising labor! Well, not laborers — but “laboring.” “Work,” exclaim these politicos, provides “dignity” to all who labor. Dignity? Obviously, they’ve never been inside a meatpacking...
| Jul 16, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyGrowing up in Texas, many of my summers were spent at summer church camps just like Camp Mystic, where 27 girls died in the recent flash floods. Over 130 people in central Texas have been confirmed dead overall. Had I been just a few years younger, it’s hard not to...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedOur nation’s paltry federal minimum wage of just $7.25 hourly is rightly criticized as far too little to sustain a worker, let alone a family, in 2025. That’s bad enough, but did you know that there’s an even lower floor for workers who receive tips on the job? That’s...
| Jul 9, 2025 | RoundupIt’s going to take a long time for Americans to understand everything that Republicans just passed in their “Big Beautiful Bill,” which included historically deep cuts to Medicaid and SNAP, tax cuts for billionaires, a huge boost for the Pentagon and...
