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It’s Not About Your Straws or Your Light Bulbs

It’s Not About Your Straws or Your Light Bulbs

| Sep 11, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedA few years ago, I had a cupcake problem. I’d go to the cupcake store almost daily and I’d eat at least one cupcake, sometimes more.  At the same time, I wanted to lose weight, or at least stop gaining it. So I kept looking up information about diets and superfoods,...
Name and Shame Big Political Contributors

Name and Shame Big Political Contributors

| Aug 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis August, a phony controversy erupted over wealthy donors to President Trump’s campaign and political action committee being publicly named. After Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-TX) tweeted the names of San Antonio contributors who’d made large donations to support Trump,...
Climate Change Is a Poor People’s Issue

Climate Change Is a Poor People’s Issue

| Jul 10, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf you’ve read anything about climate change over the past year, you’ve probably heard about the IPCC report that gives a 12-year deadline for limiting climate change catastrophe. But for many parts of the world, climate change already is a catastrophe.  Recently in...
Refusing to Fund Our Own Destruction

Refusing to Fund Our Own Destruction

| Jun 26, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedI spent the summer of 2015 knocking on doors across Cincinnati. As a rising college sophomore, I’d joined a group called Ohio Citizen Action to canvass for my community and the planet.  That year, the Ohio River was the most polluted body of water in the nation. Named...
If Corporations Have Rights, So Does Nature

If Corporations Have Rights, So Does Nature

| Jun 5, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyFrom the very start of our nation, the most popular forum for debating and shaping our democratic rights was not stately legislative halls, but rowdy beer halls. Indeed, “pub democracy” remains strong across our country, as is now being shown by a hardy group of...
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