| Jul 20, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / HealthMany big business CEOs turn out to be grifters who rip off consumers, workers, and others. But the corporate con artists I consider most vile are those who profiteer from people’s health care needs. We’ve had such infamous, high-profile scammers as Medicare fraudster...
| | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade was as predictable as it was shocking. Right-wing forces have spent years working to erase the right to abortion, and — for now — they have won. Contrary to the idea that men have foisted the abortion ban on women,...
| Jul 13, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyBarely a month ago we lived in a world where all Americans had the right to decide for themselves whether to continue a pregnancy. For much of the country, that’s now history. Just weeks ago, states could implement at least some common-sense limits on carrying guns....
| Jun 29, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOften when we get bad news, someone on the sidelines will say “look on the bright side” and offer some pablum to make us feel better. But with the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision overturning Roe v. Wade, there ain’t no bright side. According to the Guttmacher...
| | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyProtesters have poured into the streets following the Supreme Court’s decision to end reproductive freedom. As a mother of three, I share this anguish and anger. I fear for our lives in a country that so easily takes away a fundamental right. But we shouldn’t be...
| | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAn earlier version of this op-ed was published on May 11, 2022. It was updated on June 29 with new information. The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade — and with it, half a century of constitutional precedent. At least 26 states are now likely to criminalize...