| Sep 13, 2023 | Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf you’re a parent or student in America this fall, watch out: “edutainment” could be coming to your school. What’s “edutainment”? It’s what PragerU, a business that is not a university at all but a media shop run by right-wing talk-show host Dennis Prager, calls its...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s been 15 years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers. The investment firm’s startling downfall marked the beginning of a historic Wall Street crash that swiftly wiped out over $7 trillion in home equity and $2.8 trillion in retirement portfolios. Wall Street...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBack to school! Bright-eyed youngsters are now back in our public classrooms, filled with questions about the world around them. Questions like: What happened to our school library? And where did our librarians go? Sadly, these wholly beneficial, caring educators are...
| Sep 7, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWe human beings sometimes do some terrible things in pursuit of the almighty dollar. But to our credit, one moral line most humans don’t cross is to gouge sick people on the price of medicines their lives depend on. Unless, of course, you count executives of giant...
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedShe only wanted a few hours at her dying mother’s bedside. But her bosses at Twin Rivers Paper in Madawaska, Maine forced her to work overtime on her day off. About an hour and a half into the mandatory shift, the woman’s mother died. Workers are battling harder than...
| Aug 23, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis Labor Day, it’s time to talk about disabled workers. This issue is personal for me. I debated for years about whether to disclose my disability status to potential employers. I have rheumatoid arthritis, which is largely managed thanks to medication....
