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When We Disinvest in People, We All Pay the Price

When We Disinvest in People, We All Pay the Price

| Apr 23, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresidents release their federal spending priorities annually in the form of a federal budget proposal. This is a moral rather than a practical document — the president’s budget virtually never passes Congress as written. Instead, it expresses the values of presidents...
Let’s Fund Real Public Safety, Not ICE

Let’s Fund Real Public Safety, Not ICE

| Aug 27, 2025 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a recruitment message on social media this summer saying, “America has been invaded by criminals and predators. We need YOU to get them out.” Setting aside the racist overtones of this messaging, even DHS itself says...
Trump’s Budget Will Devastate Health Care for Rural Families Like Mine

Trump’s Budget Will Devastate Health Care for Rural Families Like Mine

| Jul 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFor generations, my family has lived in a rural Alabama county with just one community hospital, with 107 beds to service 60,000 people. Among those 60,000, 19 percent of individuals are covered by Medicaid — including my mom, sisters, aunts, and uncles. The hospital...
Militarism Threatens Our Democracy — But Americans Are Waking Up

Militarism Threatens Our Democracy — But Americans Are Waking Up

| Jun 18, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyAs President Trump presided over his poorly attended military parade, an estimated 5 million people across over 2,000 U.S. cities took to the streets for “No Kings Day” to protest this administration’s brutality and drive to consolidate authoritarian...
We Have a Choice: Weapons and War, or Food and Health Care?

We Have a Choice: Weapons and War, or Food and Health Care?

| Jun 11, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor weeks, Congress has been wrapped up in passing President Trump’s big, brutal budget — the one that pays for tax cuts for the wealthy and a trillion-dollar Pentagon budget by taking food stamps and Medicaid away from people struggling to get by. The GOP-controlled...
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