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Young People Can’t Sit on the Sidelines on Social Security

Young People Can’t Sit on the Sidelines on Social Security

| Jul 12, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / Democracy“The most important advice about saving for retirement is this,” the New York Times’ retirement savings guide begins: “Start now.” If young Americans had a nickel for every time they got that advice, well… they wouldn’t have to worry about retirement. But many young...
Cultivating the Next Crop of America’s Farmers

Cultivating the Next Crop of America’s Farmers

| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedI consider my days in the sun as a young, organic farmer to be the most rewarding work I’ve done. The days were long, hot, and unforgiving, but I felt free. Farmers have my utmost respect and I believe them to be the backbone of America.  But for young people like me,...
Fighting Censorship Is a Proud American Tradition

Fighting Censorship Is a Proud American Tradition

| Jun 28, 2023 | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn May of 1933 in Berlin, Nazis gathered in the streets, built a gigantic bonfire, and burned thousands of books.  The books had been seized from the city’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft. The nonprofit institute was the first in the world to focus on the science of...
Extremism Is Bad for Business

Extremism Is Bad for Business

| Jun 7, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn the Disney movie Frozen, the snowman Olaf famously said: “Some people are worth melting for.” But as Disney itself has discovered, extremist legislators are definitely not. All of corporate America needs to learn that lesson. Like many companies, Disney made...
Southern Workers Are Defying History

Southern Workers Are Defying History

| May 31, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWorkers at Blue Bird Corporation in Fort Valley, Georgia, launched a union drive to secure better wages, work-life balance, and a voice on the job. The company resisted them. History defied them. Geography worked against them. But they stood together, believed in...
Prayer Helped Me Survive Poverty, But I Needed Government Help Too

Prayer Helped Me Survive Poverty, But I Needed Government Help Too

| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyYou could say the blues have followed me wherever I’ve gone. My mom came from a family of 18, picking cotton and peanuts in Georgia. My dad, who played the blues, couldn’t read. He learned numbers selling produce. I was born in Massachusetts, where my mom worked in...
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