| May 13, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThere’s a general sentiment today that multimillionaire corporate chieftains are pigs. But I think that’s unfair. To pigs. Pigs are remarkably intelligent animals with a sense of social responsibility to the common good of the group. Compare that to the pompous and...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFrom the beginning of this pandemic, the response of our elected officials has prioritized private profits over saving lives. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, for example, recently came out against federal support for state budgets, saying state pensions were...
| May 12, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyEvery morning for the last two months, I’ve checked the news in my home state of Florida with growing concern. First came the photos of unemployed people lining up to file for benefits in person, denied access to an overburdened system. Then came the news that only a...
| May 6, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyWhat’s the gimmick in Trump’s plan to “rescue” the public Postal Service? One thing we’ve learned for sure this year is that no national crisis is too awful to keep Trump and Company from exploiting it for their plutocratic political purposes. COVID-19 is a God awful...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthI’ve held off saying what I have to say for a while because I don’t want to engage in “both sides-ism.” When one side is Nazis, there are not “very fine people on both sides.” There are very fine people on one side, and Nazis on the other. That said, please take my...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWe are living through a time of unprecedented challenges: a major public health crisis and a deepening recession. Congress has already authorized trillions in stimulus funds. But millions of Americans are still relying on the support of local nonprofits such as food...
