We Went on Rent Strike and Won

| Mar 18, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMost of the time, landlords win. When I was evicted from my Chicago apartment in 1999, I had no legal rights to defend myself against all my furniture being thrown to the curb, leaving me, my daughter, and baby grandchild out in the cold. This year though, my fellow...

AI and Big Tech Are Flooding Middle America with Bribes

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBribery of a lawmaker used to be a straightforward retail transaction between the special interest briber and a specific bribee. But the Silicon Valley billionaires now invading rural America with hundreds of their exploitative AI data centers are out to buy state...

People Look Out for Each Other. It’s the Government That’s Letting Us Down.

| | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIt all started with Walter. A few years ago, my elderly dad asked if he could bring his new friend, Walter, to my house for Thanksgiving. Of course. Everyone is welcome at my table. My parents raised me to help others — one of my earliest memories is handing out care...

Rural Residents Face the Biggest Risks from Postal Delays 

| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFor over 250 years, Americans have relied on the United States Postal Service for timely processing of their mail, no matter the conditions. After we dropped it in a box or gave it to a letter carrier, we could count on our mail being postmarked on that date so that...

Rural America Needs to Band Together Against Corporate Greed

| Mar 4, 2026 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedLast year, John Deere announced plans to go 100 percent robotic by 2030. That’s right: in just four more years, the world’s largest tractor manufacturer plans to replace every corn and soybean farmer with robots. Farmers won’t own the machines, of course. Right now...

Federal Safety Net Cuts Are Hurting States. A ‘Bad Business Fee’ Could Help.

| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|HP SubfeaturedWorking people — and the state and local governments who represent them — are being pushed to the brink by deep federal cuts to essential programs like Medicaid and SNAP. Those cuts didn’t happen in a vacuum. They were deliberately paired with a trillion-dollar tax...