| Sep 7, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyNearly a year ago, the Biden administration asked the Department of Health and Human Services to reconsider how marijuana is scheduled under federal law. Under the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) of 1970, different drugs are regulated or prohibited according to their...
| Aug 23, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis Labor Day, it’s time to talk about disabled workers. This issue is personal for me. I debated for years about whether to disclose my disability status to potential employers. I have rheumatoid arthritis, which is largely managed thanks to medication....
| | 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...