| Sep 30, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedToday I looked at a graph of income inequality over time in America. This was not new information to me, and yet it was still shocking. From the 1950s until the early 1970s, Americans grew richer together. Some Americans were poor and others were rich, but their...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyMy daughter, a librarian in Tucson, paid more taxes in 2017 than Donald Trump. So did my neighbor Rita, a teacher, and her son Tony, who stocks grocery shelves in Leland, Michigan I also pay more in taxes than the president of the United States. And, probably, so do...
| Sep 16, 2020 | Economy / BusinessCOVID-19 has been a doubly-deadly disaster for millions of Americans, destroying both life and livelihoods. But one of the most heartening responses to the crisis has come from the least-expected place: corporate executive suites. This spring, numerous CEOs made...
| Sep 9, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyTrying to keep up with the stunningly inappropriate — and worse — remarks of Donald Trump can sometimes seem like a full-time job. But some of his most outrageous comments came in a recent Fox News interview about police violence. In an interview with right-wing media...
| Jul 1, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe global economy is collapsing. When the pandemic began, experts at the International Monetary Fund predicted that we would see the worst economic downturn since the Great Depression. This week, they announced that it will be even worse than they thought. This...
