| May 5, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Joe Biden has made no secret of his admiration for Franklin D. Roosevelt. The president proudly displays a portrait of FDR in the Oval Office. More significantly, he’s announced the most ambitious plan since FDR’s New Deal for enhancing the well-being of...
| Apr 28, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOh great — here comes a new stealth attack on the fragile, life-sustaining natural resources of Planet Earth. This latest assault by Wall Street alchemists would redefine one of our most basic resources: water. Everyone knows that water is “invaluable” — it’s...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTens of millions of people in this country have experienced violence, abuse, and sexual assault. These are traumatic experiences, often made all the worse for survivors by the legal system. Now there’s a movement underway to change that. In university law classes and...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedMuch like other communities, Asian Americans have a long history of developing spaces and institutions to advance themselves in a country that often gave them little support. The Chinatowns found across the country derive from this history. This May, Asian American...
| Apr 21, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFollowing one of the most high-profile union votes in history, workers at an Amazon warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama ultimately rejected efforts to form a union. But for labor advocates, this fight is far from over. “The Amazon workers who voted for a union in Bessemer...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWith over half of American adults now at least partially vaccinated, many of us are beginning to imagine a future beyond the pandemic. But for the many small businesses that didn’t survive, there’s no “after.” Black-owned businesses have been especially hard-hit....
