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How Pro-Trump Millionaires Robbed Small Businesses of Coronavirus Aid

How Pro-Trump Millionaires Robbed Small Businesses of Coronavirus Aid

| May 20, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyMonty Bennett was just another faceless right-wing millionaire on the long list of high-dollar donors to Donald Trump — until he suddenly surfaced in April as the nation’s biggest bagger of government cash in the emergency Paycheck Protection Program. Bennett got $76...
CEOs Aren’t Pigs. That’s Unfair — to Pigs.

CEOs Aren’t Pigs. That’s Unfair — to Pigs.

| May 13, 2020 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyThere’s a general sentiment today that multimillionaire corporate chieftains are pigs. But I think that’s unfair. To pigs. Pigs are remarkably intelligent animals with a sense of social responsibility to the common good of the group. Compare that to the pompous and...
Starting a Business Is Hard. Discrimination Makes It Harder.

Starting a Business Is Hard. Discrimination Makes It Harder.

| Feb 5, 2020 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP SubfeaturedMy parents came to the United States from India in 1971 to chase their “American Dream.” They bought a small community grocery, liquor store, and deli called Renno’s Quality Food Market in Shady Side, Maryland. My parents became entrepreneurs out of necessity. They...
The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts the Entire Middle Class

The Racial Wealth Divide Hurts the Entire Middle Class

| Oct 23, 2019 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAmericans are more aware than ever that America has a race problem — and, more specifically, a racial wealth divide problem. As researchers from the Institute for Policy Studies and I found earlier this year, median white families are 41 times wealthier than median...
Trump’s Trade Wars Hurt All of Us in Farm Country

Trump’s Trade Wars Hurt All of Us in Farm Country

| Nov 20, 2018 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedAgriculture is one of the largest industries in Iowa. When agriculture suffers, all Iowans do — even those who’ve never set foot on a farm. That’s exactly what’s happening because of President Trump’s tariffs and trade wars. When farm prices...

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