| Apr 16, 2019 | 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 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingHave you noticed how often Donald Trump prefaces his comments and tweets with phrases like “frankly,” “to tell the truth,” and “believe me”? More than a verbal tic, these qualifiers subliminally admit that being frank, truthful, and believable are not normal for him....
| Mar 13, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / FarmingHow’re you gonna keep ‘em down on the farm after they’ve seen… Angus? Not the cattle breed, but the 1,000-pound “farmer of the future.” Angus is a robot, toiling away on an indoor hydroponic farm that’s soilless as well as soulless. Programmed by a...
| Mar 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|Rights / DemocracySometimes we forget that the progressive movement’s political goal is not just to elect good officials, but to enact good public policy. From my eight-year experience as Texas agriculture commissioner years ago, I can attest that the second goal doesn’t...
| Jan 30, 2019 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyCommunities like mine are dying. Steve King, the congressman who supposedly represents us in the Fourth District of Iowa, should be fighting for us in Washington. Yet he stays mostly silent about this crisis. Instead, King spouts racist rants about immigrants (whom he...
| Nov 20, 2018 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedAgriculture is one of the largest industries in Iowa. When agriculture suffers, all Iowans do — even those who’ve never set foot on a farm. That’s exactly what’s happening because of President Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. When farm prices...
