We Have the Money to Fix Our Food System

| Jul 3, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedPoverty is expensive, but fixing it doesn’t have to be — at least not compared to the status quo. The Institute for Policy Studies and the Poor People’s Campaign recently released a Moral Budget, and it’s a veritable treasure trove of illuminating data proving that...

Our Immigrant Prisons Are an Atrocity

| | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOver the past several weeks, the brutal terror that immigrants face at the hands of our government has come into even sharper focus.  As reports surface about immigrant children sleeping on concrete floors and people being forced to drink water from toilets, one fact...

Fund Head Start, Not Internment Camps

| Jun 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI came to this country from Mexico as a small child because my mother was escaping poverty and wanted to give my sisters and me a better life. She worked hard to make sure we had food on our table and a roof over our heads, often doing two and three jobs at a time. ...

Medicare for All Would Save Money — And Lives

| Jun 19, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyOne night a few years ago, my partner woke up delirious with fever, a bright rash, and joint pain so bad he couldn’t get out of bed without help. I was scared — mostly for his health, but also for our financial situation, which weighed heavily on me during our 4 a.m....

Can Society Survive Without Empathy?

| Jun 12, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs anyone who keeps a household budget can attest, the unexpected happens all the time. A refrigerator evaporator fan motor fails. Some part on your car you never realized existed breaks down. A loved one passes away and you have to — you want to — be at the funeral...

The Climate Crisis Is Also a Health Emergency

| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedRising global temperatures are intensifying the effects of extreme weather events across the United States and around the world. Wildfires, hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, floods, and severe storms are becoming the norm, not the exception. Extreme weather events...