| Nov 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedIf you’re poor in America, climate change is your issue. We’ve already seen why. In 2004, Hurricane Katrina ravaged the Gulf Coast, leaving many thousands displaced and unemployed. In 2017, Hurricane Maria fell upon Puerto Rico, destroying homes and disabling the...
| Oct 2, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedRich Americans are much more likely to live into their 70s or 80s than poor Americans, new research shows. The new report from the Government Accountability Office, commissioned by Senator Bernie Sanders, shows how wealth inequality translates to lower life...
| Sep 25, 2019 | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI lost everything during the financial crisis. The government decided that the perpetrators of the crisis were “too big to fail” and bailed them out with our money. I was not bailed out. Today, a decade after the crisis, I’m part of a grassroots-led effort to ensure...
| Sep 18, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI’m from Johnstown, a town of about 20,000 people in Western Pennsylvania. We used to be a booming steel mill town. But once the mills closed, Johnstown went downhill. If you’ve heard of my town at all, in fact, it’s probably because of our opioid problem. I’ve known...
| Aug 21, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFour hundred years ago this month, the first enslaved people from Africa arrived in Virginia. Slavery is often reduced to a crime of America’s long-ago past. But enslaved labor created the backbone for America’s capitalistic economy, allowing it to grow into — and...
