| Apr 24, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyEditor’s note: This piece originally ran at OtherWords.org in April 2018. It’s been adapted for re-publication in April 2019. Most of the world recognizes May 1 — May Day — as International Workers’ Day. Here in one of the few countries that doesn’t, it’s...
| Apr 17, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe gap between America’s ultra-wealthy and the rest of us is growing dramatically as wealth continues to concentrate at the top at the expense of the rest of us. One major symptom of this economic rift is the racial wealth divide, which is greater today than it was...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAmazon is a company that’s drunk on profits and market share. Over last year and this one, the online retail giant netted tens of billions in profits while paying $0 in taxes. The company controls nearly half of all online sales in the United States, and its Amazon...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis Earth Day, many of us will mark the occasion by joining a community clean-up or getting out and enjoying the outdoors. Unfortunately, this year the Trump administration will be observing this celebration of our environment differently — by plotting to...
| Apr 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedThis Earth Day, I’d like to warn you about “greenwashing.” That’s the practice of corporations branding their products “eco-friendly,” even when they actually pollute, to deceive environmentally concerned customers. Even if you’ve heard nothing about greenwashing,...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAfter nearly a century of cannabis criminalization, U.S. voters — and a growing number of high-profile politicians — are demanding that marijuana policy move in a different direction. One in five Americans now live in states where the adult, recreational use of...
