Marijuana Legalization Advocates Are the Majority. It’s Time We Act Like It.

| Mar 19, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySeventy percent of Americans, including majorities of both Democratic and Republican voters, say that marijuana should be legal. Yet far too often, lawmakers choose to either ignore this constituency or treat them with outright hostility. In Republican-led states like...

Who’s Really a ‘Populist’? Henry Wallace Set the Standard

| Oct 8, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyToday, politicians on both sides of the aisle like to compete for the “populist” label. They would do well to consider the example of a real populist — Henry A. Wallace. Throughout his career, Wallace championed bold, progressive policies that put the “common man”...

The Christian Right’s New Rallying Cry: Don’t Feed the Children!

| Sep 25, 2024 | Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAn iconic Texas band, the Austin Lounge Lizards, has a song that nails the absurd self-righteousness of Christian supremacists: “Jesus loves me… but he can’t stand you.” I think of this refrain when I behold today’s right-ring proselytizers wailing that the blessed...

Corporate Profiteers Are Robbing America’s Farmers

| Sep 18, 2024 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedA farmer was asked what he’d do if he won a million-dollar lottery. “Well,” he said, “I guess I’d just keep farming ‘til the money runs out.” Trying to make a living as a farmer is not for the fainthearted. You have to take out high-interest loans from cold-eyed...

The Big Business of Obesity and Shame

| May 15, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedManufacturers of new weight loss drugs are salivating at the prospect of profit.  What Americans eat, how they diet and exercise, the sugar content of their sodas, and the high fructose corn syrup in their processed foods have long been objects of endless gambling on...

I Run a Food Pantry But It’s Not Enough. We Need Funding for SNAP.

| May 8, 2024 | Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI run a food pantry. I’m proud of the work we do. But if lawmakers passed a liveable minimum wage or invested more in programs like SNAP, people wouldn’t need to rely on pantries like mine. Pantries are a critical piece of the anti-hunger puzzle, but they’re...