| Aug 23, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer has been a hot one for labor as strikes and other worker actions have swept the country. At the same time, workers have been toiling in one of the hottest summers ever recorded due to the ongoing climate emergency. This has put millions at greater risk of...
| Aug 2, 2023 | Environment / Health|HP FeaturedI remember being a young girl, no more than seven, and older people telling me: “Sorry we destroyed the planet. Now it’s your responsibility to fix it.” At such a young age, I didn’t understand what those words meant. But it wouldn’t be the last time I heard them. I...
| Jul 26, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis summer marked a milestone anniversary in the history of American anti-poverty programs: two years ago, the first monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit went out to millions of households. The expansion had deep roots in the welfare rights movement,...
| Jul 19, 2023 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyUnfortunately, it’s 1984 again in America. Not the year. The book. George Orwell’s classic novel tells of a far-right totalitarian clique that uses “newspeak” and “doublethink” to impose their rigid, anti-democratic doctrine on society. Their regime held power...
| Jul 17, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyVoters and politicians are reshaping America’s marijuana laws for the better. The possession and use of cannabis is now legal for medical purposes in 38 states and legal for adult recreational use in 23 of those. Unfortunately, antiquated and discriminatory drug...
| Jun 28, 2023 | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen you think of Americans whose music has made a lasting difference, you might think of Scott Joplin, Woody Guthrie, Maybelle Carter, Harry Belafonte … or Roger Payne. Who? I came across Payne in a June obituary reporting that he’d died at age 88. Yes, I...
