| Dec 22, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedChild care is one of the biggest expenses many families face — in much of the country, it can run higher than college tuition. Could a national child care program ease that burden? We’ve come close before. During World War II, the federal government provided child...
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| | Food / FarmingSome years ago, a young, hippyish couple knocked on my front door. They had noticed that I had fig trees in the yard, laden with summer fruit. If I wasn’t going to pick them all, they asked, could they harvest some figs? Since I was about to take a trip, I said: Sure,...
| Dec 15, 2021 | RoundupOn December 15, the families of 65 million U.S. children received their last monthly payment under the expanded Child Tax Credit, which expires this month. Those payments have kept millions out of poverty, writes West Virginia mom Kristen Olsen. Unfortunately, the GOP...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI work hard to make ends meet for my family. But as an educator in West Virginia, that’s hard sometimes — especially with child care to pay for. Fortunately, the expanded Child Tax Credit that Democrats passed this spring has been a lifeline. Those monthly payments...
