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In the Era of Legal Marijuana, the Kids Are Alright

In the Era of Legal Marijuana, the Kids Are Alright

| Mar 8, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured“What about the children?” This was arguably the most frequently posed question by critics in the years prior to state-level marijuana legalization. Many legalization opponents presumed that legalizing cannabis for adults would lead to an increase in marijuana use...
My Disabled Life Is Worthy

My Disabled Life Is Worthy

| Jan 19, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyEver since the beginning of the pandemic, there’s been a disturbing caveat to the casualty reports. Many of the dead, the reports say, had “comorbidities” — other conditions that left them especially vulnerable to the virus. This is true, and it needs to factor into...
Greed Is Prolonging the Pandemic

Greed Is Prolonging the Pandemic

| Dec 1, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedStop me if this sounds familiar. It’s been kind of a hard year, but I felt optimistic about the holidays. My wife and I had just scheduled our COVID-19 boosters. Even better, we’d been able to get our young child vaccinated. We imagined a cautious return to simple...
9/11 at 20: Two Decades of Missed Opportunities

9/11 at 20: Two Decades of Missed Opportunities

| Sep 8, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyTwenty years have now passed since 9/11. The 20 years since those terrible attacks have been marked by endless wars, harsh immigration crackdowns, and expanded federal law enforcement powers that have cost us our privacy and targeted entire communities based on...
Americans Deserve Publicly Owned Generic Drugs

Americans Deserve Publicly Owned Generic Drugs

| 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...
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