| Jul 3, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis op-ed was written for Inside Sources. It can be republished with attribution to InsideSources.com. I was a student in the late 2000s when I had my first brush with “cancel culture.” A campus group had invited Nick Griffin — a racist Holocaust denier and leader of...
| Jun 27, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedWe should pay attention to corporate America’s fluctuating wordplay, for their frequent contortions of language disguise ploys to dupe, confuse, and rip off us hoi polloi — i.e., their customers. For example, here’s a mouthful that’s been gaining popularity among...
| Jun 25, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn its Dobbs ruling two years ago this June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, abortion restrictions have had devastating effects not only on pregnant people but on our society more generally. Abortion restrictions force poor women to travel out of...
| May 15, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIn an era of climate disasters, Americans in vulnerable regions will need to rely more than ever on their home insurance. But as floods, wildfires, and severe storms become more common, a troubling practice known as “bluelining” threatens to leave many communities...
| Apr 17, 2024 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedIn 2004, I was a single mom raising three daughters on my own. I worked three jobs, including an overnight shift as a translator at our local hospital, to make ends meet. Every time I stood in line at the supermarket, I worried about what I would have to put back on...