| Jan 17, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFrom childhood on, I’ve spent my life haunted by the ghost of poverty. A myth exists in America that financial well-being follows if we just work hard and make good choices. But it’s not that simple. At some point, most of us face unforeseen obstacles — from physical...
| Jan 11, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe climate crisis isn’t coming — it’s here now. We’ve seen it all around us on a near daily basis. It’s impacting our economy and nearly every aspect of our daily lives. While President Biden signed historic climate crisis legislation in 2021 and 2022, many may not...
| Jan 10, 2024 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAn old legal adage states: “Men are presumed to intend the natural consequences of their acts.” The natural, indeed inescapable, consequence of Israel’s cutting off life-sustaining supplies of food and water to over 2 million people in Gaza is famine and mass death by...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhat if there were a way for your city to reduce traffic and pollution while putting cash in the pockets of residents? There is: free public transit. And in many places, it’s already happening. In late 2023, Albuquerque, New Mexico became the largest U.S. city to...
| Dec 13, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s been a difficult few years for poor people in this country. Just a year after the pandemic era safety net expansion saw poverty fall to its lowest level on record, we saw a historic 60 percent increase as those programs expired. Women and children have been among...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security“If I must die, you must live to tell my story,” wrote Dr. Refaat Alareer, a 44-year-old Gazan poet and literature professor. A few weeks later, Alareer was killed while sheltering in his sister’s apartment, along with six family members. In the densely populated Gaza...