| Apr 1, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWe Americans are barraged these days with multiple crises, so I hate to add anything else to our list of worries. But I’m told this one is an epic disaster, so we must respond! It started in California, and one financial leader there now calls it “the greatest tragedy...
| Mar 25, 2026 | Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedPresident Trump has systematically broken virtually every promise made on the campaign trail to court health-focused voters. His most recent walk-backs on pesticide reform are a cruel insult to the idea of “making America healthy again.” Among other controversies, he...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Senate is debating the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. Voting rights organizations, civil rights groups, and others warn that the bill would cause unprecedented disruptions in voting, potentially disenfranchising tens of millions of...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityI wasn’t alive yet for the beginning of the Iraq War. But as I watch the U.S. war on Iran threaten to spiral out of control, I’m starting to see what it might have felt like. The Iraq War was predicated on a lie, but the Bush administration at least attempted to...
| Mar 18, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMost of the time, landlords win. When I was evicted from my Chicago apartment in 1999, I had no legal rights to defend myself against all my furniture being thrown to the curb, leaving me, my daughter, and baby grandchild out in the cold. This year though, my fellow...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBribery of a lawmaker used to be a straightforward retail transaction between the special interest briber and a specific bribee. But the Silicon Valley billionaires now invading rural America with hundreds of their exploitative AI data centers are out to buy state...
