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If You Watch TV or Use the Internet, You Want a Functional FCC

If You Watch TV or Use the Internet, You Want a Functional FCC

| May 18, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMost Americans don’t think much about the Federal Communications Commission, or FCC. But if you watch TV, use the internet, or own a phone, it plays a major role in your life. The FCC regulates the airwaves, including the corporations that own your local TV and radio...
A Pandemic of the Poor

A Pandemic of the Poor

| May 12, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis op-ed was originally published on April 13, 2022 and updated on May 12, 2022. As our country passes the once unthinkable toll of 1 million deaths from COVID-19, it can feel impossible to wrap our heads around such a devastating figure. But it’s essential if we...
A Lot of Graduates Aren’t Feeling Too Optimistic This Year

A Lot of Graduates Aren’t Feeling Too Optimistic This Year

| May 11, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s graduation season, which is usually joyful. But many graduates aren’t in a celebratory mood this year — a lesson Vice President Kamala Harris recently learned the hard way. “I look at this unsettled world,” Harris tweeted to 2022 graduates, “and I see the...
What’s Behind Inflation? Greedy Corporate Executives

What’s Behind Inflation? Greedy Corporate Executives

| May 4, 2022 | Economy / BusinessToday, CEOs of big corporations are playing the tricky “Inflation Blame Game.” Publicly, they moan that the pandemic is slamming their poor corporations with factory shutdowns, supply chain delays, wage hikes, and other increased costs. But inside their board rooms,...
With the Stroke of a Pen, Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free

With the Stroke of a Pen, Biden Could Set Millions of Americans Free

| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Biden campaigned on a promise to help relieve student debt. Now, after over a year of punting on the issue, he says he’s finally thinking about doing it. Student loan forgiveness would be a game changer for so many people, myself included. My student debt is...
For Second-Generation Immigrants, the American Dream Can Be a Nightmare

For Second-Generation Immigrants, the American Dream Can Be a Nightmare

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMay is Asian American Heritage Month. It’s a good time to celebrate the many successes and contributions of our diverse immigrant communities. But for the second generation, the reality is often more complicated. My parents came to this country from India nearly 60...
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