| Jul 10, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAmerica’s tech giants are accused of many sins, including invading our privacy and even degrading our democracy. But one other commonality among these masters of the code universe is rarely discussed: Virtually no tech CEOs have a background in the humanities, such as...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyUnfortunately, an exotic flu epidemic has broken out in Washington, D.C. Dubbed the “Canadian Hot Sauce Flu,” it uniquely afflicts a particular group of Democratic officeholders and operatives. CHS Flu renders its victims weaker than Canadian hot sauce, leaving them...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe poll tax Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just signed into law may cost his state $365 million a year — indefinitely. DeSantis and the GOP-led Florida legislature recently made quick work of dismantling Amendment 4, a voter-approved ballot initiative that would’ve...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf you’ve read anything about climate change over the past year, you’ve probably heard about the IPCC report that gives a 12-year deadline for limiting climate change catastrophe. But for many parts of the world, climate change already is a catastrophe. Recently in...
| Jul 3, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyFor $3.5 trillion a year, shouldn’t we Americans have a world-class health care system? Yet while we spend the most of any advanced nation in the world to get care — more than $10,000 a year per person — we get the worst results. No surprise, then, that Medicare...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedPoverty is expensive, but fixing it doesn’t have to be — at least not compared to the status quo. The Institute for Policy Studies and the Poor People’s Campaign recently released a Moral Budget, and it’s a veritable treasure trove of illuminating data proving that...
