| May 27, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyTimes of great adversity not only bring out the best and worst in society, but they also flush out some of the stinkiest and slimiest creatures. Think of war profiteers, hucksters who prey on poor hurricane victims, or Betsy DeVos. Even in the Trump Kakistocracy,...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe COVID-19 pandemic has revealed fundamental inequalities in this country. With millions of us hurting — especially the poor and people of color — there’s been widespread public support for bold government action to address long-standing social problems....
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe COVID-19 pandemic response has shown that the very foundations of our economy are shaky, fragile, and — for some of us — downright dangerous. We’re once again watching working people, especially working people of color, bear the brunt of the fallout. Meanwhile,...
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| May 20, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBillionaire Elon Musk recently defied local public health officials and reopened his flagship Tesla auto assembly plant in Fremont, California. Public safety officials had ordered that plant shut down — over Musk’s fierce opposition — almost two months earlier. “This...
| | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyMonty Bennett was just another faceless right-wing millionaire on the long list of high-dollar donors to Donald Trump — until he suddenly surfaced in April as the nation’s biggest bagger of government cash in the emergency Paycheck Protection Program. Bennett got $76...