| Nov 17, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyLast year’s holiday season was not exactly a merry one for the U.S. Postal Service. In the lead-up to Christmas, overwhelmed postal workers had to leave gifts sitting in sorting facilities for weeks. They delivered just 38 percent of greeting cards and other nonlocal...
| | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedMany Americans are noticing the rising price of goods from sour cream to carburetors as politicians sound the alarm on an inflation crisis. You may be wondering what single force would cause the cost of a dairy product to go up at the same time as the cost of a car...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracySometimes, when watching Congress in action, I can’t decide whether to laugh, cry, or check myself into an insane asylum. Not all lawmakers are political hacks, quacks, and corporate toadies, but that contingent does seem to dominate. Most infuriating is that while...
| Nov 10, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe drama over the Build Back Better Act has revealed the power of narrative in our political landscape. It is not enough to put forward policy proposals that actually help people, pay for them with taxes on the wealthiest, and then try to pass those proposals into...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFor Ruth Martin, the fight for paid leave is both professional and personal. As Senior Vice President of MomsRising, she’s helped mobilize more than 870,000 calls and emails to lawmakers advocating for paid leave and other pro-family benefits in the Build Back Better...
| Nov 3, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIt was called “Striketober.” While politicians in Washington bickered over infrastructure, jobs, and the social safety net, unionized workers across the heartland went on strike to get their fair share directly. At one point in October, over 90,000 unionized workers...