| May 6, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I was a child, I remember having to dress up in my church clothes when I went to the bank to deposit my birthday checks or money I saved from my allowances. The idea that banks are secular versions of church remains deeply embedded in our society today. In...
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| Apr 29, 2020 | Economy / BusinessIn this horrible time of economic collapse, it is truly touching to see so many corporate chieftains reaching out in solidarity with the hard-hit working class. We know they’re doing this because they keep telling us they are. Practically every brand-name giant has...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedMeat processing plants are high risk for spreading COVID-19, and many are shutting down. Animals due for processing have nowhere to go, and they are being culled. Workers there aren’t treated a great deal better. I’ve interviewed one meatpacker who worked at a pork...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe $2 trillion dollar bailout passed by Congress — the CARES Act — is supposed to protect families and businesses struggling because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The law also established an inspector general to ensure that corporations that access the $500 billion in...
| Apr 22, 2020 | Economy / BusinessOne public service that people really like and count on is the post office, which literally delivers for us. Anti-government ideologues and privatization dogmatists, however, hate the very word “public,” and they’ve long sought to demonize the U.S. Postal Service,...
