Beware of AI Swill

| Feb 25, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedGeorge Orwell spoke bluntly about the nefarious nature of advertising, calling it “the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.” Even Orwell, though, would’ve been astonished by the cacophony of swill bucket advertising currently being blasted at us by Amazon,...

Keeping Our Promise To Veterans Includes Funding Transit

| Feb 19, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen we talk about keeping faith with our veterans, we often focus on health care, housing, and jobs. But there’s a quieter, less visible barrier standing between millions of veterans and the benefits they earned: transportation. For too many veterans — especially...

Public Health Reduces Drug Deaths. Wars Don’t.

| Jan 7, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedRepublicans have defended Trump’s illegal invasion of Venezuela as necessary to solve the drug overdose crisis. For instance, Vice President J.D. Vance posted on Twitter/X, “cocaine, which is the main drug trafficked out of Venezuela, is a profit center for all of the...

The Clock Is Ticking: Invest in the Planet, Not the Pentagon

| Dec 17, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityTen years ago as of December 2025, nearly every country in the world made a promise. By signing the Paris Agreement, governments committed to limit global temperature rises to no more than 2°C — and ideally 1.5°C — to avoid the most devastating impacts of a warming...

Save Our Forests, One Roll at a Time

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedNorth America’s boreal forests are crucial for wildlife and the climate, but we’re literally trashing them to make pulp for toilet paper and other disposable paper products. Companies are clear-cutting a million acres a year, according to a new report from the Natural...

How To Have a Plastic-Free Holiday Season

| Dec 10, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedOur world is awash in plastic. From single-use water bottles and food packaging to synthetic clothes, shoes, and even nail polish, our overreliance on plastic is spreading a toxic, chemical-laden material all over the planet — including in our own bodies. Most...