| Jul 21, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThree of the richest billionaires on Earth are now spending billions to exit Earth’s atmosphere and enter into space. The world is watching — and reflecting. Some charmed commentators say the billionaires racing into space aren’t just thrilling humankind —...
| Jun 16, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedHere’s a thought-provoking bumper sticker: “The system is fixed. We must break it.” This thought came into vivid focus recently when a new report by ProPublica revealed that a nest of preening multibillionaires — led by the likes of Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk, and Michael...
| Feb 17, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedHistory doesn’t repeat itself, but sometimes, as the old saw goes, it rhymes. Take this year’s Forbes 400. If you listen close enough, you can hear echoes of the first Forbes list back in 1982 — you just have to turn it up about 100 notches. Back in 1982, with...
| 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...
