| Apr 24, 2024 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedGrowing up, I looked up to my father and aunt, who began restaurant industry careers after immigrating from Eritrea in the 1970s. When I started working, a restaurant job was a natural choice. While I took great pride in my work, I struggled with the conditions. I was...
| Apr 17, 2024 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI’ve always known my Arab culture is worth celebrating. I heard it in Syrian tenor Sabah Fakhri’s powerful voice reverberating in my mom’s car on the way to piano lessons and soccer practice during my youth. I smelled it in the za’atar, Aleppo pepper, allspice, and...
| Apr 10, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyEver wonder where your taxes go? Each year, the Institute for Policy Studies releases a tax receipt so you can find out. One item always stands out: the Pentagon — and the contractors who profit off it. In 2023, the average taxpayer spent $2,974 on the Pentagon. Of...
| Apr 3, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI spent my first birthday in a shelter. Decades later, after doing all I was supposed to do to lift myself up out of poverty, I’m sofa hopping with my children. I live in Las Vegas, where I work on a program helping low-income women and children find support to keep a...
| Mar 28, 2024 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyWhen President Biden was campaigning in 2020, he pledged to strengthen our country by supporting and welcoming immigrants. Early in his presidency, he began taking steps in that direction. On his first day in office, Biden proclaimed an end to his predecessor’s...
| Mar 13, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn his State of the Union address, President Biden called out “massive executive pay” and vowed to “make big corporations and the very wealthy finally pay their share” of taxes. Corporate tax dodging and CEO pay have gotten so out of control that many major U.S....
