| Aug 23, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer has been a hot one for labor as strikes and other worker actions have swept the country. At the same time, workers have been toiling in one of the hottest summers ever recorded due to the ongoing climate emergency. This has put millions at greater risk of...
| Apr 5, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOutgoing Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz, in a recent interview with CNN, proudly showed off his newest invention: a tablespoon of olive oil added to a cup of coffee to bring out rich, complex flavors. The conversation was meant to showcase Schultz’s commitment to...
| Mar 8, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyBrad Greve has been a Scout leader for more than 20 years. The Davenport, Iowa retiree leads 50-mile canoe trips on Minnesota’s Boundary Waters that test teens’ mettle while teaching them essential skills. Greve told a story recently where two boys, despite being...
| Feb 22, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedThe toxic clouds that billowed up from a derailed freight train in Ohio this February are a chilling metaphor for the toxic greed that has infected so many of our big corporations. After having to evacuate, residents of East Palestine, Ohio are cautiously going back...
| Feb 1, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyCliff Carlton was the 10th of 11 children and one of three still living at home when his father, a coal miner, died unexpectedly at 67. Only his dad’s Social Security benefits, along with vegetables from the family’s small farm in southwestern Virginia, kept the...