| Mar 19, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedDonald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling vital public services in the name of combating “inefficiency.” That’s meant abruptly — and often illegally — firing tens of thousands of workers like me. The word “inefficiency” conjures images of long lines at the DMV and...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySeventy percent of Americans, including majorities of both Democratic and Republican voters, say that marijuana should be legal. Yet far too often, lawmakers choose to either ignore this constituency or treat them with outright hostility. In Republican-led states like...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyNo matter who we voted for, no one wants to see our grandparents forced onto the street, our schools without teachers, or our babies dying because there are no more hospitals. Yet all of these things will happen in the United States if deep cuts to essential programs...
| | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLess than a week after President Trump boasted that he’d “brought back free speech,” government agents abducted a student protestor and are trying to deport him. On March 8, without a warrant or charges, plainclothes Department of Homeland Security agents forced their...
| Mar 13, 2025 | RoundupThis week in OtherWords, we continue our look at the federal budget, which could include enormous cuts to the social safety net, tax cuts for billionaires and corporations, and another significant hike for the Pentagon. Marisa Pesce, a teacher who’s struggled...
