| Aug 25, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIt’s an all too familiar story. A company with some of the best-paying jobs around and a vital anchor for the community decides to engage in “restructuring” to “maximize long-term value creation.” In other words, it closes down and lays off its workers in pursuit of...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen you think of the New Deal, what comes to mind? For many Americans, the era has an enduring physical legacy in our parks, tree lines, and trails. On Orcas Island in Washington, hundreds of young men with the Civilian Conservation Corps built Moran State...
| Aug 4, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe California Correctional Center, a prison in the small Northern California town of Susanville, is closing. I was pleased when I heard that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation would be shutting down one of its 35 state prisons, and rushed to...
| Jul 28, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyRepublican officials in Texas are celebrating after successfully suing the federal government over the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. DACA has been a GOP target since 2012, when President Obama created it to protect undocumented young people...
| Jul 21, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP SubfeaturedThis spring, 166 workers in Janesville, Wisconsin awoke to a nightmare. OpenGate Capital, the private equity firm that owns their employer, Hufcor, announced it was moving their plant out of Janesville — taking those workers’ jobs and livelihoods with it. It’s the...
