| Sep 14, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe heat. It’s never been hotter in our lifetimes. This past spring the mercury hit nearly 124 degrees Fahrenheit in the Pakistani city of Jacobabad — “just below the conventional estimate for the threshold of human survival,” notes science writer David Wallace-Wells....
| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedFor generations, workers have been punished by corporate bosses for watching the clock. But now, the corporate clock is watching workers. Called “digital productivity monitoring,” this surveillance is done by an integrated computer system including a real-time clock,...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI have terrible chronic pain that’s left me unable to work for the last few years. I can’t sleep well, and every day is a battle just to take care of myself. It would be life-changing if I could be seen by a doctor. But I’m one of the 2 million Americans caught in...
| Sep 7, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySomeone once told me there are two types of people in the world: those born into the Lucky Sperm Club and those who aren’t. The Lucky Sperm Club consists of those fortunate few born into economic privilege. There are ways to achieve prosperity without being in this...
| Aug 31, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs students return to the classroom, school districts across the country are facing a historic number of teacher vacancies — an estimated 300,000, according to the National Education Association (NEA), the largest U.S. teachers union. Some states are particularly hard...
| | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI come from a football family. Across the South and much of the country, including in the Wiregrass region of Alabama where I live, it’s almost a religion. Working-class kids here dream of growing up to play football in college and the NFL. Our family gathered around...
