| Dec 1, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedWith vaccination rates on the rise, Americans are hoping for a return to some semblance of normalcy this holiday season. Unfortunately, as people start traveling more and buying holiday gifts, we’re facing supply chain disruptions and rising costs, from gas to...
| Aug 18, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyImmigration agents arrested over 600 undocumented workers at poultry plants across central Mississippi two years ago in what remains the largest workplace raid in U.S. history. This August, on the two-year anniversary of that raid, immigrant rights advocates demanded...
| Jul 21, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedTwo farm workers died during a recent heatwave in Washington and Oregon. While this is outrageous, it’s not unusual. Farm workers die in hot weather every year. Part of the reason is climate change — as temperatures soar, outdoor working conditions get deadlier. But...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe anti-government protests that erupted in various Cuban cities this July received enormous coverage in the U.S. press. But most of the coverage either underplayed or failed to mention the critical role played by the U.S. embargo in creating the blackouts and...
| Jun 9, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyA decades-old pipeline called Line 3, run by the Canadian company Enbridge, is in the midst of a controversial upgrade. That has sparked fierce resistance from Indigenous communities living along the route. Line 3 is being replaced to transport nearly 800,000 barrels...
| May 19, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedWhen most people think about air pollution, they may imagine power plant smokestacks or car tailpipes. But an alarming new study forces us to think about deadly air pollution from another source: factory farms. New research finds that air pollution from agriculture...
