The More Americans See of Trump’s Immigration Crackdown, The Less They Like It

| Oct 7, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor a nation of immigrants, the Trump administration’s attacks on immigration are nothing short of heartbreaking. Each day, we’re seeing neighbors kidnapped from our streets, detained in unsafe and inhumane conditions, and deported without due process to countries...

Elon Musk Should Pay the Same Social Security Taxes You Do

| Oct 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy life goals have never included making a lot of money… and I’ve certainly succeeded in that regard. Yet I do consider myself rich. Not Wall Street rich, but rich in the modest sense of being middle-class and able to make ends meet. It’s not my good looks that puts...

Privatizing the VA Will Be a Disaster for Rural Vets

| Oct 1, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyJames Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty and four in the reserves, Jones says he has a “multitude” of health care problems. “There’s PTSD, a right arm injury, my right shoulder, chronic rhinitis from toxic exposure during the...

AI Is a Dangerous Billionaire Boondoggle

| Sep 24, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedThere’s a reason people say “Don’t Mess with Texas.” Texans know you can’t take BS to the bank. So when I heard Fermi America, an energy startup run by former Texas governor Rick Perry, wants to open a nuclear-powered AI data center they call “Project Matador” down...

The Climate’s Emergency Brake

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedWe often hear about the warming risks of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. But that’s not the only greenhouse gas we need to worry about after this brutally hot summer. Methane levels in the atmosphere are still rising at a record pace, despite pledges by 159...

Even the Pope Is Fed Up With Overpaid CEOs

| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAmericans are fed up with overpaid CEOs. And one of those fed up Americans happens to be the pope. In his first interview since becoming the leader of the Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV warned about the “continuously wider gap between the income levels of the working...