Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War

| Oct 23, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration has been blowing up fishing boats in the Caribbean — and now one in the Pacific — claiming without evidence that they’re “drug boats.” These are extrajudicial executions outside any system of law. And there’s a reason we shouldn’t allow drug...

Ten Ways You’re Being Burned By Billionaires

| Oct 22, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI’ve spent my career highlighting the problems posed by extreme wealth. Not everyone buys it. “None of my problems exist as a result of someone else being a billionaire,” Greg B. recently wrote to me. The problem isn’t individual billionaires, I told Greg. It’s the...

A Cruel and Short-Sighted Attack on Low-Income Communities

| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration has eliminated the entire staff of the Treasury Department’s Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund. This is more than bureaucratic reshuffling — it’s an assault on one of the most effective and bipartisan vehicles for...

AI ‘Friends’ Are a Big Joke — At Our Expense

| Oct 15, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis fall, Avi Schiffman, founder of the AI startup Friend.com, boasted on X about his company’s new advertising blitz, claiming it was the “Largest NYC subway campaign ever.” Since then, the large white billboards lining New York City’s train stations have not only...

How Billionaires Benefit from Government Shutdowns

| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyMost people are surprised to learn government shutdowns, and the ensuing fingerpointing, haven’t always been a mainstay of American politics. To understand how we got to this point, we must first examine who benefits from shutdowns. For decades, conservatives in...

The Health Care Emergency Behind the Government Shutdown

| Oct 7, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyHealth care access in this country is in grave danger — and your wallet could be, too. Those facts are key to understanding the latest government shutdown. “My kids have health care through Medicaid — which is especially important for my daughter with autism,” Alexis...