| Apr 19, 2023 | RoundupNext week is National Library Week. Americans love their local libraries, but this year’s Library Week falls amid an unprecedented hike in book bans, classroom censorship, and other attacks on learning and freedom of speech. This week in OtherWords, school...
| | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyGrowing up in Milwaukee, the local branch of the public library was always just a bus ride away. But when my family moved to central Pennsylvania when I was entering high school, we lived in a rural region that didn’t even have a public library. In the ‘90s, before...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s always instructive to hear powerful political officials declare that in the name of democracy, they must usurp the people’s democratic authority. This has become all too common, as even so-called democratic regimes in France and Israel have infuriated their...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMost of us rely on some cash assistance to get by at some point, whether we realize it or not. For wealthy people, that might include a family trust or any number of elaborate tax breaks. For middle-income people, it might come in the form of a mortgage interest...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMany of us rushed to file our taxes before this year’s April 18 deadline. While we all hope for a refund to help pay the rent or cover a vacation, we also want our taxes themselves to pay for worthwhile things. Every year, my project at the Institute for Policy...
