| Feb 3, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyUnity and bipartisanship sound wonderful. But can anyone explain how “building bridges” to today’s GOP will get anything done? Republicans now demand “unity” even as many embrace the big lie that President Biden stole the election from Trump — and even after some...
| Jan 27, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEvery week, millions of us walk into a Walgreens drugstore without giving it a second thought. Maybe we should. Walgreens perfectly encapsulates the long-term economic trends of the Trump years: top corporate executives pocketing immense paychecks at the expense of...
| Jan 20, 2021 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyYou can’t poke into any issue in Congress without stumbling over sacks full of corporate campaign donations. The recent eruption of pro-Trump mob violence inside the U.S. Capitol exposed boodles of that special interest cash to public view. Much to the embarrassment...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedLate last year, Congress allowed federal mandatory emergency paid leave benefits to expire. That left millions of American workers more vulnerable to catching — and spreading — COVID-19. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, passed in March 2020, required...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe year 2020 will be remembered in history for a deadly pandemic and a deep economic crisis that touched almost every country on earth. Hopes for a brighter 2021 were one of the few things most people could agree on. But just six days into the new year, these hopes...
| Jan 13, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTwelve years ago, the inauguration of America’s first Black president had many Americans believing that a future free of racial discrimination and inequality was finally within reach. This year, as Obama’s former vice president Joe Biden takes office amid a surge in...
