| Dec 3, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPolice “sweeps” of homeless encampments aren’t what you think — they’re much worse. I know, because I’ve been a victim of one. The Supreme Court ruled last year that unhoused people can be punished for sleeping outside, even when no shelter or affordable housing is...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedThe recent government shutdown was a stark reminder that 42 million people across the United States rely on federal food benefits. That’s 12 percent of the nation’s population that lawmakers and President Donald Trump threw under the bus, cutting off SNAP benefits in...
| Nov 26, 2025 | RoundupWe’re off for Thanksgiving this week, but here are some recent favorites from the last few weeks. Some great ones down below on food, hunger, and inflation as we get into the holiday season, along with sharp pieces on transit, rural issues, and more that you...
| Nov 20, 2025 | RoundupNext week is Thanksgiving, but for countless American families the holidays are going to feel a little more stressful this year. As Mitchell Zimmerman notes, inflation, alas, is back. He describes how President Trump’s tariffs and mass deportations have driven...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe government shutdown ended with a failure to solve the problem of steeply rising health insurance premiums. The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill,” which slashed programs like Medicaid and SNAP to fund tax cuts for the wealthy and a $1 trillion Pentagon, allows tax credits...
