| Dec 18, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHoward Lutnick wants to have his cake and eat it, too. Then, he intends to eat your cake. Lutnick is another billionaire corporate huckster who was a campaign bagman for Trump, and now he’s Trump’s pick to become Commerce Secretary. But first, he’s been tasked with...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass ruling made it much easier for local governments to criminalize homelessness. Since then, cities and states across the country have stepped up their harassment of people for the “crime” of not having a place to live....
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThis fall, shortly after the election, the House passed a dangerous piece of legislation that many are calling the “nonprofit killer” bill. The bill has an incongruous title: the “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.” Among other things,...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyTen years ago, the U.S. and Cuba announced the start of normalization between our two countries. Americans and Cubans alike could see a bit of light through a crack in the wall of U.S. restrictions that, for six decades, have blocked normal interaction between close...
| Dec 11, 2024 | RoundupThis week in OtherWords, Sam Pizzigati explains the anger behind the public’s apparently jubilant response to the murder of Brian Thompson, CEO of UnitedHealthcare. “All private insurers profit by denying help to sick people who need it,” he writes,...
