| May 4, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThousands of years of history is a lot to capture in one Jewish American Heritage Month, which is celebrated in May. But an old joke admirably condenses it into one sentence: “They tried to kill us, we survived, let’s eat.” Passover is a perfect example of this...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMay is Asian American Heritage Month. It’s a good time to celebrate the many successes and contributions of our diverse immigrant communities. But for the second generation, the reality is often more complicated. My parents came to this country from India nearly 60...
| Apr 27, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured“Keep On Truckin’” was an iconic underground cartoon created in 1968 by comic master Robert Crumb. Featuring various big-footed men strutting jauntily through life, the expression became widely popular as an expression of young people’s collective optimism. “You’re...
| | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThough corporate America would like us to believe otherwise, the retail prices of essential goods like food and energy are not set by simple supply and demand. In large part, they’re determined by the corporate cartels that have vanquished their competitors — and Wall...
| Apr 20, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn early April, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a global scientific body, issued yet another dire report. They warned that we have barely three years to start cutting greenhouse emissions as rapidly as we need to avoid the worst effects of...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs Russia’s war in Ukraine continues, human rights groups have gathered evidence of Russian atrocities against civilians — including executions, rapes, and mass murder. These are war crimes, President Biden asserted recently, adding that Russian President Vladimir...
