| Jan 20, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedLate last year, Congress allowed federal mandatory emergency paid leave benefits to expire. That left millions of American workers more vulnerable to catching — and spreading — COVID-19. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, passed in March 2020, required...
| Jan 13, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyTwelve years ago, the inauguration of America’s first Black president had many Americans believing that a future free of racial discrimination and inequality was finally within reach. This year, as Obama’s former vice president Joe Biden takes office amid a surge in...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhile the world is reeling from the pandemic and American democracy faces a profound crisis, corporate lobbyists have been focused on making taxpayers subsidize lavish lunches for wealthy executives. Their work paid off in the 11th-hour COVID-19 relief deal Congress...
| Dec 22, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis holiday season, struggling families and businesses came close to getting a lump of coal from Congress. Only just before Christmas, as critical relief programs were about to expire, did lawmakers manage to pass a $900 billion aid package. The deal is a welcome...
| 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....
