| Dec 10, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen Dr. Ed Paul visits Nogales, Arizona, he sees well-trained, hardworking doctors and nurses. Yet as in many smaller towns and rural communities, its health care staffing, infrastructure, and funding doesn’t meet the needs of residents. People who need health care...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedBill Gates recently made headlines by suggesting that climate change is no longer a priority, but the American public begs to differ. In this last election, climate change was a defining issue in states like Virginia and Georgia, where voters grappled with rising...
| Dec 3, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPolice “sweeps” of homeless encampments aren’t what you think — they’re much worse. I know, because I’ve been a victim of one. The Supreme Court ruled last year that unhoused people can be punished for sleeping outside, even when no shelter or affordable housing is...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedThe recent government shutdown was a stark reminder that 42 million people across the United States rely on federal food benefits. That’s 12 percent of the nation’s population that lawmakers and President Donald Trump threw under the bus, cutting off SNAP benefits in...
| Nov 20, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe government shutdown ended with a failure to solve the problem of steeply rising health insurance premiums. The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which slashed programs like Medicaid and SNAP to fund tax cuts for the wealthy and a $1 trillion Pentagon, allows tax credits...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedIn 2024, Donald Trump repeatedly promised that “a vote for Trump means your groceries will be cheaper.” He vowed that prices “will come down fast, with everything” starting “on Day One.” Unfortunately, prices are moving in the other direction. In fact, grocery prices...
