| Nov 30, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDepending upon your state of residency, you might have a harder time getting and keeping Medicaid. By sheer luck of geography, folks in some states have more of a safety net than their neighbors in other states. Medicaid was created in 1965 by Lyndon Johnson and was...
| Nov 20, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured“Cyber Monday” is coming up — get out there and buy stuff! You don’t actually have to “get out there” anywhere, for this gimmicky shop-shop-shop day lures us to consume without leaving home, or even getting out of bed. Concocted by...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTwo years ago, I left a corporate job as a chemist and bought an artists’ studio and gallery in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I’d just become a mother, and my corporate job was taking me away for some of my daughter’s most important milestones. I was meeting with clients...
| | 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...
| Nov 14, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Democratic “blue wave” may not have made as big of a splash as some would have hoped. But momentum was felt, nonetheless, as a record number of women were elected to seats in the U.S. House of Representatives. As the #MeToo movement continues to expand...
| Nov 13, 2018 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBeto O’Rourke may have lost his race for Senate, but he’s managed to change the political landscape of Texas — and maybe beyond — in just one campaign. He proved that Texas is more than the gun-slinging, oil-rich, old-fashioned state conservatives are trying so...