| May 31, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s an odd marketing strategy for an industry to assail its own consumers. Yet, that’s what the monopolistic meatpacking industry — led by such huge conglomerates as Tyson, Smithfield, JBS, and Hormel, which control nearly 70 percent of America’s pork market — is...
| May 17, 2023 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedOftentimes, when you suspect you’re being gouged by corporate price fixers, you’re right. Take the rat-a-tat-tat of today’s price jumps at supermarkets and chain restaurants. They make you want to race to the cash register before they raise prices again. No, no cry...
| Feb 15, 2023 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedA few years ago, someone stole my card information and took over $100. You’d assume the bank or credit card company would reimburse that fraud, right? Not for me, unfortunately. The skimmed card number was for my Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card, which allows...
| Jan 25, 2023 | Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLast year was the deadliest on record for police killings in the United States. According to a Washington Post database, law enforcement officers shot and killed 1,096 people in 2022. And that’s likely an understatement. According to Abdul Nasser Rad, managing...
| Jan 18, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFrom the onset of marijuana prohibition, criminalization advocates have sought to advance their position — and unduly influence the public — by greatly exaggerating the supposed strength of the cannabis flower. Modern prohibitionists are continuing to engage in this...
| Oct 10, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFulfilling a high-profile campaign pledge, President Joe Biden recently announced that his office will be issuing pardons to several thousand Americans with federal convictions for marijuana possession offenses. “There are thousands of people who have prior federal...
