| Jan 22, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs he left office, President Biden warned of an emerging oligarchy in this country — rule by and for a small number of wealthy people and corporations. After donating heavily to President Trump’s campaign, the fossil fuel industry in particular has already begun to...
| Jan 15, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIf you grew up in Southern California, you don’t need a weather person to know which way the Santa Ana winds blow. These dry winds originate in the Great Basin and sweep down the mountains toward the Southern California coast. They lower the humidity and raise the...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyYou’re reading the words of a formerly undocumented immigrant. When I fled El Salvador four decades ago, I was 12 years old and alone. I was escaping the country’s civil war, where U.S.-backed death squads had made murders and rape our daily reality. I reunited with...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOn the one hand, there’s no sugarcoating how progressives feel as President Trump retakes office: rough. Trump and his allies in Congress are already rolling out plans to cut taxes for billionaires, slash services for the rest of us, pollute the planet, and deport...
| Dec 18, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHoward Lutnick wants to have his cake and eat it, too. Then, he intends to eat your cake. Lutnick is another billionaire corporate huckster who was a campaign bagman for Trump, and now he’s Trump’s pick to become Commerce Secretary. But first, he’s been tasked with...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, the Supreme Court’s Grants Pass ruling made it much easier for local governments to criminalize homelessness. Since then, cities and states across the country have stepped up their harassment of people for the “crime” of not having a place to live....
