AI ‘Friends’ Are a Big Joke — At Our Expense

| Oct 15, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis fall, Avi Schiffman, founder of the AI startup Friend.com, boasted on X about his company’s new advertising blitz, claiming it was the “Largest NYC subway campaign ever.” Since then, the large white billboards lining New York City’s train stations have not only...

Stop Trump’s SNAP Coverup

| Oct 7, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn the South we often say the kitchen is the “heart of the home.” It’s a place that brings family and friends together to cook, converse, and connect. Food is a way of coming together and building community. It fuels us at work, in the classroom, and in growing...

The Health Care Emergency Behind the Government Shutdown

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyHealth care access in this country is in grave danger — and your wallet could be, too. Those facts are key to understanding the latest government shutdown. “My kids have health care through Medicaid — which is especially important for my daughter with autism,” Alexis...

RFK Threatens a Century of Medical Progress

| Oct 1, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyArguably the most important medical innovation of the 20th century is under attack, in part because it’s been so effective. We live in an era when diseases such as polio are incredibly rare — because of childhood vaccines. Now, thanks to the antivaxxer-in-chief at the...

Privatizing the VA Will Be a Disaster for Rural Vets

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyJames Jones is a 54-year-old disabled Army veteran. After four years of active duty and four in the reserves, Jones says he has a “multitude” of health care problems. “There’s PTSD, a right arm injury, my right shoulder, chronic rhinitis from toxic exposure during the...

AI Is a Dangerous Billionaire Boondoggle

| Sep 24, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedThere’s a reason people say “Don’t Mess with Texas.” Texans know you can’t take BS to the bank. So when I heard Fermi America, an energy startup run by former Texas governor Rick Perry, wants to open a nuclear-powered AI data center they call “Project Matador” down...