Naked Fossil Fuel Corruption

| Jul 22, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe 2026 heatwave is a global phenomenon, inflicting extreme temperatures on billions of people from the United States to Europe and South Asia. Extreme heat is deadly. In Europe, an estimated 10,000 people have died from heat this summer, and the official count of a...

This Deadly Heat Wave Has a Culprit

| Jul 8, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTemperatures have soared globally this summer. And far from simply being uncomfortable, it’s killing people. This past July 4th was one of the hottest in U.S. history. While Americans gathered to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday, dozens died from extreme heat —...

Think Medicaid Cuts Won’t Affect You? My Story Says Otherwise.

| | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedI was 13 years old. We’d just returned from Christmas vacation, and I was asleep in my room. My mother tells me she heard a noise and found me in my bed, twisted up like a clam, frothing at the mouth. She was in shock. The paramedics came and took me to the ER. I...

This July 4, Celebrate the Idea That the People Are Supposed to Be in Charge

| Jun 24, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTwo hundred fifty years ago, Americans rejected monarchy. They rejected the idea that power should rest in the hands of one person, one family, or a distant ruling class. Instead, they enshrined an American promise: legitimate power comes from the people. Our...

ICE: The Mental Health Emergency We Can No Longer Ignore

| Jun 10, 2026 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLast fall, families in Wilder, Idaho gathered for horse races when helicopters and armored trucks suddenly descended. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents — armed with guns, flashbang grenades, and rubber bullets — stormed the event, terrifying children...

Trump Is Forcing Coal Pollution on Consumers and Communities

| Jun 3, 2026 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyHas your family consumed its lump of coal today? In one of the most perverse Big Government moves ever, last year President Trump proclaimed an “energy emergency.” Since then he’s unilaterally ordered five electric utilities to re-open, or keep open, their...