| Apr 17, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAmazon is a company that’s drunk on profits and market share. Over last year and this one, the online retail giant netted tens of billions in profits while paying $0 in taxes. The company controls nearly half of all online sales in the United States, and its Amazon...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis Earth Day, many of us will mark the occasion by joining a community clean-up or getting out and enjoying the outdoors. Unfortunately, this year the Trump administration will be observing this celebration of our environment differently — by plotting to...
| Apr 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedThis Earth Day, I’d like to warn you about “greenwashing.” That’s the practice of corporations branding their products “eco-friendly,” even when they actually pollute, to deceive environmentally concerned customers. Even if you’ve heard nothing about greenwashing,...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAfter nearly a century of cannabis criminalization, U.S. voters — and a growing number of high-profile politicians — are demanding that marijuana policy move in a different direction. One in five Americans now live in states where the adult, recreational use of...
| Mar 29, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyI barely slept during the full two years I was homeless. One night, at around 3 a.m., after hours of searching for a spot, I curled up on a portion of soft, thick grass. An hour later, automatic sprinklers drenched me. I sloshed to the edges of a wilderness park in...
| Mar 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyRobert Mueller won’t be filing any more indictments related to the “Russiagate” investigation. Though the search unearthed ample evidence that Russia wanted Trump to become president — and hints that some members of Trump World were perhaps aware of this — the recent...
