| Dec 22, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis holiday season, struggling families and businesses came close to getting a lump of coal from Congress. Only just before Christmas, as critical relief programs were about to expire, did lawmakers manage to pass a $900 billion aid package. The deal is a welcome...
| Dec 16, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyProbably the most under-reported story of the year has been how Mitch McConnell is holding Americans hostage in exchange for letting big corporations kill Americans without any consequence. Mitch took you and me hostage back in May, when the House of Representatives...
| Jul 14, 2020 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAfter graduating from college last year, Hayat Rahmeto moved back in with her parents and planned to work two jobs to save money for law school. Then the pandemic hit. She lost one job, with Delta Airlines, and the prospects for finding another were bleak....
| May 27, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedIn some ways, this horrible pandemic has brought out the best in humanity. Where I live, neighbors are helping neighbors. A friend who cleans houses for a living says about half of her clients are no longer having their homes cleaned, but they are still paying her. I...
| Mar 30, 2020 | Economy / BusinessThe coronavirus has disrupted practically every part of our lives, including the complete shutdown of every major sports league. The dominos started to fall when Utah Jazz player Rudy Gobert tested positive before an NBA game and shut down the entire league within a...
