| Feb 14, 2024 | RoundupThis week, we continue our look at the cost of living in America and the folks working to help more of us make it. If you’ve raised kids in the last few years, you know that child care is something else. You’re supposed to save a kid’s whole life for...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedPharmaceutical companies are angry with Bernie Sanders. The Vermont senator has vowed to force pharma CEOs to publicly answer for why their drug prices are so much higher in the United States than in other nations. Brazenly, the CEOs of Johnson & Johnson and Merck...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAmidst all the nail-biting uncertainty over the 2024 election, one thing’s for sure: turnout will be key. This February, the Poor People’s Campaign announced plans to mobilize a powerful yet often overlooked voting bloc: the 85 million eligible voters who are poor or...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedI spent a decade, like many parents, chauffeuring pre-teen and teenage girls around to a Taylor Swift soundtrack. I learned every Swift song as it was released and sang along to the chorus in the car. I even went to one of her first stadium concerts with my young...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI had a baby in 2021 and quickly learned how parenting and child care expenses add up. My husband and I had saved up for months to afford my unpaid maternity leave — I kept working even after my water broke because we needed every penny. It was a dream come true to...