| Dec 13, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s high giving season in America. From Angel Trees and red buckets to year-end appeals, nonprofits and charities receive more donations during the five week holiday stretch than any other on the calendar. Millions of people whose incomes are too low to take...
| Dec 6, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / Democracy’Tis the season for holiday sales. But on the other side of the planet, there’s a high cost for those low prices. This is especially true for “fast fashion,” the clothing equivalent of a Big Mac: attractive, affordable, and throwaway. The Bangladeshi women who toil as...
| Nov 17, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyLast year’s holiday season was not exactly a merry one for the U.S. Postal Service. In the lead-up to Christmas, overwhelmed postal workers had to leave gifts sitting in sorting facilities for weeks. They delivered just 38 percent of greeting cards and other nonlocal...
| Dec 16, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyHo ho ho, wait till you hear about the gifts I gave to some of America’s power elites for Christmas. To each of our Congress critters, I sent my fondest wish that from now on they receive the exact same income, health care, and pensions that we average citizens get....
| Dec 17, 2019 | Economy / BusinessWith the shopping season going into overdrive, we want to make a recommendation: Support Native American-owned businesses. You may be surprised to learn that the small business ownership rate for Native Americans is over 25 percent — the highest rate for any racial...
