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The Importance of Home
For generations, poor people have relied on each other to keep a roof over their heads. But in the world’s wealthiest country, we need more.
The High Cost of Low Holiday Prices
Give a gift to the starving workers who made your favorite holiday sweater — tell their employers to pay up.
Corporations Want to Save Junk Fees
Can you squeeze blood from a turnip? Some big corporations want to try — and you’re the turnip.
It Takes Strength to Survive Poverty — and a Safety Net to Escape It
As a struggling single mom, I’ve learned that poverty is a policy choice, not a personal one. We can reverse it — if we choose.
CARTOON: COP-Out 28
Key players are using the COP28 climate conference to defend fossil fuels.
Editor’s Picks
Climate Is the Fight of Our Lifetime. Our Federal Budget Should Reflect That.
More than half of discretionary spending goes to the military. Only a tiny fraction addresses the most urgent threat to our security.
Bogus ‘Edutainment’ May Be Coming to a Classroom Near You
A far-right propaganda network is churning out subpar, silly, and inaccurate school curricula. Here’s how to fight back for our children’s future.
Poverty Just Jumped — And It Was No Accident
I’ve lived and studied poverty most of my life. But you don’t have to be an expert to see why it’s spiking after lawmakers let antipoverty programs expire.
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CARTOON: COP-Out 28
Key players are using the COP28 climate conference to defend fossil fuels.
The High Cost of Low Holiday Prices
Give a gift to the starving workers who made your favorite holiday sweater — tell their employers to pay up.
The Importance of Home
For generations, poor people have relied on each other to keep a roof over their heads. But in the world’s wealthiest country, we need more.
Corporations Want to Save Junk Fees
Can you squeeze blood from a turnip? Some big corporations want to try — and you’re the turnip.
It Takes Strength to Survive Poverty — and a Safety Net to Escape It
As a struggling single mom, I’ve learned that poverty is a policy choice, not a personal one. We can reverse it — if we choose.
The Pentagon Just Can’t Pass an Audit
Conservative lawmakers calling for cuts should start with the agency that can’t account for $1.9 trillion — not the programs Americans rely on.
Voters Banned the Book Banners
Candidates aligned with “Moms for Liberty,” a group very much opposed to liberty in our schools, were run out of school boards across the country.
CARTOON: Planet of the APEC
The U.S. and China confronted big questions about their relationship at the Asia Pacific Economic Forum — really big questions.
I Help Seniors Get Health Care. Shouldn’t I Be Able to Afford My Own?
President Biden needs to stand up for federal call center workers like my colleagues and me.
The Humanities Are Priceless
We shouldn’t let far-right politicians strip our education system down to what corporate employers demand.
