| Jun 25, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAbove all, immigration is a moral issue. Most people leave their homelands to seek opportunity or safety when one or both is threatened in their homelands. They then enrich their adopted nations with their culture, cuisine, love, and dedication and are less likely to...
| Jun 18, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOn a bitterly cold morning this January, Brendan and Amare hopped into my Ford Explorer and we drove 30 miles to Grafton, Massachusetts. Our destination: the Grafton Job Corps campus, one of 125 similar sites in all 50 states. These campuses provide housing,...
| Jun 12, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedWhen deciding what to make for dinner, many of us think about how to balance making something affordable, delicious, and healthy. And we might consider ethical questions, like whether our food is locally sourced, our meat is humanely raised, or our meals have a low...
| Jun 11, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump and his allies in Congress claim their “one big beautiful bill” will cut government waste. Former White House official Elon Musk disagrees, slamming the bill as a “disgusting abomination” containing a “MOUNTAIN” (in all caps) of...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor weeks, Congress has been wrapped up in passing President Trump’s big, brutal budget — the one that pays for tax cuts for the wealthy and a trillion-dollar Pentagon budget by taking food stamps and Medicaid away from people struggling to get by. The GOP-controlled...
| Jun 4, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedIn early 2018, I remember sitting at my kitchen table, trying to make sense of how the 2017 Trump tax law was supposed to help families like mine. I’d read headlines promising “middle class tax relief.” But when tax season rolled around, there was little relief to be...
