| Sep 30, 2020 | Environment / HealthAmazingly, America has become a nation of socialists, asking in dismay: “Where’s the government?” These are not born-again Bernie Sanders activists, but everyday people of all political stripes (including previously apolitical multitudes) who are now clamoring for big...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedToday I looked at a graph of income inequality over time in America. This was not new information to me, and yet it was still shocking. From the 1950s until the early 1970s, Americans grew richer together. Some Americans were poor and others were rich, but their...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs the pandemic continues to claim lives across the country, new information keeps coming out about how the Trump administration has made it harder for Americans to protect themselves. We now know, for example, that early in the pandemic the U.S. Postal Service had...
| Sep 16, 2020 | Economy / BusinessCOVID-19 has been a doubly-deadly disaster for millions of Americans, destroying both life and livelihoods. But one of the most heartening responses to the crisis has come from the least-expected place: corporate executive suites. This spring, numerous CEOs made...
| | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / Democracy“Captain,” said the first mate, “we just crashed into an iceberg — the hull’s been breached!” “An iceberg. Deadly stuff,” said the captain. “Still, let’s play it down.” “What are your orders? We must warn the passengers.” “I’ll make an announcement… Attention...
