| Feb 9, 2022 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / SecurityAs the highly transmissible Omicron variant continues to spread, hospitals across the country have reported critical staff shortages. In my home state of New Mexico, nearly half of all hospitals are understaffed, and more could be soon. The U.S. health care system has...
| Feb 19, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedBefore sharing my opinions about Trump’s recent proposal to cut student loan forgiveness, let me explain my own situation. In my 20s, I was fresh out of college with a business degree and worked in software for a few years. In my 30s, I went to graduate school...
| Jul 16, 2019 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedCorporate America is looming larger and larger in U.S. public schools. That’s not a good thing for educators, students, or workers. Nowhere could this be more clear than the case of McDonald’s, whose founder once scouted locations for new stores by flying over...
| Feb 6, 2019 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Rights / DemocracyDavid Lincoln, an experienced paramedic in Brevard County, Florida, makes about $60,000 a year for a 56-hour workweek. He moonlights at an urgent care center for another 19 hours a week to survive. Without the second job, “I’d be living paycheck to paycheck,” said...
| May 9, 2018 | Economy / BusinessIn just a few months, we’ve seen teachers in five states walk out of the classroom to protest their abysmal pay. Stingy state budgets are mostly to blame for low teacher pay and poor school conditions, but there’s a federal tax connection, too. Unfortunately,...
