| May 22, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI love my job. Every day I get to answer phone calls from some of the tens of millions of Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act and help them get the health care benefits they need. Even though I do an essential job, my employer — the federal call center run...
| | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWe all deserve the right to make informed decisions about our own health. That right has been in danger for years — and since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it’s under siege. I grew up in the South with an abstinence-only education — if you can call that an...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhat’s the matter with Congress? And most of our state legislatures, too? Why do these so-called representative bodies keep stiffing middle-class and poor families, refusing to respond to the most urgent needs and goals of this vast majority of Americans? Take...
| May 15, 2024 | RoundupNot long ago, the government barred former Pioneer Oil CEO Scott Sheffield from joining the board of ExxonMobil because Sheffield had allegedly colluded with OPEC to fix oil prices — and squeeze working Americans at the pump. But Big Oil isn’t the only industry...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIn an era of climate disasters, Americans in vulnerable regions will need to rely more than ever on their home insurance. But as floods, wildfires, and severe storms become more common, a troubling practice known as “bluelining” threatens to leave many communities...
