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It’s Time to Stop Profiteering at the Pump

It’s Time to Stop Profiteering at the Pump

| May 18, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedAmid the ongoing atrocities in Ukraine, rising gas prices, and the existential threat of climate change, policymakers in Washington have a long list of crises to address. But there’s one step that could help mitigate all of them: reducing our dependence on oil — and...
Price Controls Could Tame Inflation

Price Controls Could Tame Inflation

| Apr 27, 2022 | 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...
There’s No Better Time to Start Kicking Our Oil Addiction

There’s No Better Time to Start Kicking Our Oil Addiction

| Mar 23, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedLong used to cheap gas at the pump, Americans are experiencing serious sticker shock these days. News headlines link this sharp increase to Russia’s war on Ukraine. But that assumes oil companies have no control over the price of oil — that high prices stem...
Two Years In, We Need to Learn the Lessons of This Pandemic

Two Years In, We Need to Learn the Lessons of This Pandemic

| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTwo years ago I was panicking, making hundreds of phone calls to postpone my wedding that was a few days away. It was March 2020. A global pandemic had reached the United States and changed each of our lives in ways we never imagined. Millions of Americans would lose...
It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging

It’s Not Just Inflation — It’s Price Gouging

| Mar 9, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedIf you’ve been slammed lately by higher prices on everything from groceries to rental cars and gas prices, you’re probably wondering what on earth is behind these skyrocketing costs. Corporations are quick to blame this new reality on the pandemic, but...

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