| Oct 4, 2023 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedPresident Biden recently walked a picket line in solidarity with striking auto workers. An amazing sight. What could he do for an encore? He could stand before another major American corporation — Dollar General — holding a simple two-word placard: “For Shame.” Thanks...
| Sep 27, 2023 | Economy / Business“I’ve seen lots of funny men,” Oklahoma troubadour Woody Guthrie once sang about outlaws. “Some’ll rob you with a six gun / Some with a fountain pen.” That could apply today to Clayton Bennett, a multimillionaire Oklahoma City banker who’s regularly wielded his...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAcross the globe, people are turning to the courts to combat the worsening climate emergency. Since 2015, cases around the world have doubled to over 2,000, according to a recent United Nations report. They are also on the rise in the United States. In a landmark...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedNearly twice as many Americans believe that smoking cigarettes is more hazardous to your health than smoking marijuana. They’re right. Numerous studies assessing the long-term health impacts of cannabis smoke exposure belie the myth that marijuana is associated with...
| Sep 20, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedThe United Auto Workers (UAW), a union of nearly 150,000 workers at America’s “Big Three” automakers, are on strike. On the face of it, UAW’s demands sound audacious. They’re calling for a 46 percent pay raise and a four-day workweek, among other things. But in the...
