| Sep 11, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedA few years ago, I had a cupcake problem. I’d go to the cupcake store almost daily and I’d eat at least one cupcake, sometimes more. At the same time, I wanted to lose weight, or at least stop gaining it. So I kept looking up information about diets and superfoods,...
| Sep 4, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyFor generations, our country has been Mother Nature’s steward, setting aside and protecting important expanses of public lands for posterity. But what if these lands and natural resources suddenly got a “steward” who was a predator, rather than a protector? Meet...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyPresidential candidates should take a pledge: The middle class should not pay one dollar more in new taxes until the super-rich pay their fair share. Already candidates are outlining ambitious programs to improve health care, combat climate change, and address the...
| Aug 28, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyThe Constitution guarantees “freedom of speech,” the right to “peaceably assemble,” and the right to petition for “a redress of grievances.” Yet these civil rights are commonly denied to workers. Sure, we can say what we want, but we pay a high price to speak — often...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyYou deserve to have a say in matters that affect you. Everyone does. That’s democracy. This shouldn’t change when you go to work. Democratic rights in the workplace — including the right to form a union, and the power to speak up about workplace issues — go hand in...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyAs the primaries approach, Democratic presidential candidates will no doubt be touting their support for a $15 per hour minimum wage. None have opposed the idea. A minimum wage increase would put more money in workers’ pockets. But so far, only two candidates —...