| Jan 22, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOver three score years ago, President Dwight Eisenhower had a warning for America. “We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex,” Eisenhower exhorted in his 1961 farewell address. “The...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs he left office, President Biden warned of an emerging oligarchy in this country — rule by and for a small number of wealthy people and corporations. After donating heavily to President Trump’s campaign, the fossil fuel industry in particular has already begun to...
| Jan 15, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyYou’re reading the words of a formerly undocumented immigrant. When I fled El Salvador four decades ago, I was 12 years old and alone. I was escaping the country’s civil war, where U.S.-backed death squads had made murders and rape our daily reality. I reunited with...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOn the one hand, there’s no sugarcoating how progressives feel as President Trump retakes office: rough. Trump and his allies in Congress are already rolling out plans to cut taxes for billionaires, slash services for the rest of us, pollute the planet, and deport...
| Dec 18, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThis fall, shortly after the election, the House passed a dangerous piece of legislation that many are calling the “nonprofit killer” bill. The bill has an incongruous title: the “Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act.” Among other things,...
