| Jul 14, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRemember the Everlasting Gobstopper from Willie Wonka’s chocolate factory? Designed for children “with very little pocket money,” it lasted forever, never got smaller, and was perpetually flavorful. There’s a non-fiction equivalent, except it’s only for billionaires....
| Jun 23, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRecently leaked data revealed that Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and several other U.S. billionaires have paid zero federal income taxes in some past years. This has Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell up in arms — but not because of what the scandal reveals about our...
| 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...
| Jun 9, 2021 | Economy / BusinessAt a recent congressional hearing on America’s so-called “labor shortage,” megabanker Jamie Dimon of JPMorgan Chase, offered this insight: “People actually have a lot of money, and they don’t particularly feel like going back to work.” Dimon is a billionaire who may...
| May 26, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAfter getting vaccinated, I eagerly returned to some parts of normal life, expecting the essential workers I interacted with would be already vaccinated. After all, they became eligible for the vaccine before I did, and our county has one of the highest rates of...
