| May 15, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEvery religion prioritizes care for the needy. Christianity’s Benedictine Rule, for example, puts care of the sick atop the moral order — “above and before every other duty.” Really? Even above the holy Wall Street mandate that medical and insurance conglomerates must...
| May 8, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedMany American families are struggling to pay for child care, with the average price for licensed providers now nearly $11,000 a year. These high prices can be a huge barrier for workers, particularly women, forcing many to cut back on hours or drop out of the...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP FeaturedCollege is expensive — and for most Americans, higher education is still largely unaffordable. The cost of college continues to rise at rates that salaries and income aren’t keeping up with. This is especially true for low-income and working-class students who must...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFor the first time in its history, the Justice Department is calling for a change in the federal legal status of cannabis — which is currently classified as one of America’s most dangerous drugs. The Attorney General’s office recently confirmed that it’s circulating a...
| May 1, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe United Auto Workers recently scored the largest union victory in decades in the South. Their success at a Tennessee Volkswagen plant could be a turning point for labor in a region long known for governmental hostility to unions. The next test will be a UAW...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedChanging jobs can be the best way to get a raise. But employers often force workers to sign “noncompete clauses,” making it harder for them to move to better jobs — and artificially depressing wages. That will change later this year. The Federal Trade Commission...
