| Apr 10, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySenator Elizabeth Warren is hell-bent on dismantling the systems that feed inequality in this country, including the Electoral College. “Every vote matters,” she said at a recent CNN town hall. That’s why we should “get rid of the Electoral College” and...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTax Day is here. What’s in your return? According to a new poll, only 17 percent of Americans say they’re paying less in taxes this year, despite the GOP’s promises that the huge tax cuts they passed were for the middle class. Tax returns due April 15 are the...
| Apr 9, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyLast month, McDonald’s announced a dramatic about-face in its political priorities. After years of strikes and protests from labor activists, the burger giant has decided to end its involvement in lobbying campaigns against increasing America’s paltry $7.25...
| Apr 3, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe U.S. is suffering from excessive wealth disorder. This isn’t your parents’ inequality influenza, but a more virulent strain of extreme disparities of income, wealth, and opportunity. Just 400 billionaires have as much wealth as nearly two-thirds of American...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityEarlier this year, I had the opportunity to take an unusual vacation: to Iran, as part of a 28-member peace delegation. Many dear friends thought it a bad idea. Wasn’t it dangerous? Aren’t they out to get us? Isn’t it run by crazy clerics? I’m not sure about the...
| Apr 1, 2019 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs the 2020 campaign lurches to a start, get ready to hear a lot about “identity politics.” If a candidate mentions or draws attention to her race, gender, or sexuality, some people say, she’s making our country “more divided.” We need to stop engaging in identity...
