| Nov 20, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured“Cyber Monday” is coming up — get out there and buy stuff! You don’t actually have to “get out there” anywhere, for this gimmicky shop-shop-shop day lures us to consume without leaving home, or even getting out of bed. Concocted by...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyOne of the most important federal agencies on everything from climate to power use to property rights is one few Americans have heard of. While little-known, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has a huge impact on energy policy in the United States. It...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTwo years ago, I left a corporate job as a chemist and bought an artists’ studio and gallery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I’d just become a mother, and my corporate job was taking me away for some of my daughter’s most important milestones. I was meeting with clients...
| | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedAgriculture is one of the largest industries in Iowa. When agriculture suffers, all Iowans do — even those who’ve never set foot on a farm. That’s exactly what’s happening because of President Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. When farm prices...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThe next Congress faces a stunning array of challenges — on health care, gun policy, climate change, you name it. One crucial challenge starved of attention, however, is what I call runaway inter-generational wealth. That’s where the wealth of a country’s richest...
| Nov 14, 2018 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTony Maxwell, a retired African-American naval officer, was trying to get his Jacksonville, Florida neighbor to go vote with him. The young neighbor, a high-school-dropout, had no interest. “Voting,” the young man declared, “doesn’t change anything.” Can Democrats use...
