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This Pandemic Showed the Benefits of Universal Health Care

This Pandemic Showed the Benefits of Universal Health Care

| Feb 2, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThere has been a Jekyll and Hyde quality to American health care over the past two years. One the one hand, the federal government has been actively intervening to help people avoid COVID-19 or recover from it. On the other, it’s standing by as Americans struggle with...
Prepare for the Next Pandemic Today

Prepare for the Next Pandemic Today

| Sep 22, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe House of Representatives just took a much-needed first step in preparing for the next pandemic. The Energy and Commerce Committee announced that the Build Back Better Act, the Biden administration’s $3.5 trillion jobs and infrastructure package, will include $15...
The Pentagon Took Money for PPE and Bought Weapons

The Pentagon Took Money for PPE and Bought Weapons

| Sep 30, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityAs the pandemic continues to claim lives across the country, new information keeps coming out about how the Trump administration has made it harder for Americans to protect themselves. We now know, for example, that early in the pandemic the U.S. Postal Service had...
Wear a Mask If You Can. Don’t Bully Those Who Can’t.

Wear a Mask If You Can. Don’t Bully Those Who Can’t.

| Aug 12, 2020 | Environment / HealthI’ve been seeing memes online advocating shaming people who aren’t wearing masks. Please don’t. If you see someone in a store without a mask, talk to the store instead of bothering the customer. There are two reasons why. First, your bigger problem isn’t the person –...
Trump’s Authoritarianism is Ill-Suited to a Pandemic

Trump’s Authoritarianism is Ill-Suited to a Pandemic

| Jul 22, 2020 | Environment / Health|HP FeaturedThe Trump administration is apparently undertaking its latest effort to make 2020 more of a Kafkaesque nightmare than it already is. Yes, we’ve got murder hornets and a swarm of flying ants that can be seen from space over in Ireland, but maybe the scariest plague of...
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