Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos Want Your Water

| May 20, 2026 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn America’s frontier days, anyone diverting a town’s creek water to their private, profiteering purpose was not merely considered wrong, but guilty of Biblical-level immorality. That was BBE, however — “Before Billionaire Ethics.” Today, a cohort of über-rich...

Another War for Oil? This Is Why We Need Renewable Energy

| Apr 1, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityThe war on Iran has caused the biggest oil supply disruption in history, as oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz falters. Taken together with this year’s invasion of Venezuela, home to the world’s largest proven oil reserves, and the Trump administration’s...

To Make America Healthy Again, Break Up Big Ag

| Mar 25, 2026 | Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedPresident Trump has systematically broken virtually every promise made on the campaign trail to court health-focused voters. His most recent walk-backs on pesticide reform are a cruel insult to the idea of “making America healthy again.” Among other controversies, he...

People Look Out for Each Other. It’s the Government That’s Letting Us Down.

| Mar 18, 2026 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIt all started with Walter. A few years ago, my elderly dad asked if he could bring his new friend, Walter, to my house for Thanksgiving. Of course. Everyone is welcome at my table. My parents raised me to help others — one of my earliest memories is handing out care...

Rural America Needs to Band Together Against Corporate Greed

| Mar 4, 2026 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedLast year, John Deere announced plans to go 100 percent robotic by 2030. That’s right: in just four more years, the world’s largest tractor manufacturer plans to replace every corn and soybean farmer with robots. Farmers won’t own the machines, of course. Right now...

What Critics Still Get Wrong About Marijuana Legalization

| Feb 25, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBy most measures, cannabis legalization is a resounding success for the 24 states (plus D.C.) that have implemented it. That’s why no state has ever repealed its legalization laws, and public support for the policy remains near all-time highs. Nonetheless, the policy...