| Jan 29, 2025 | RoundupHas it really only been a week and a half? This week — yesterday, really — the Trump administration threw the entire federal government into chaos by trying to freeze an enormous swath of federal spending before public outcry and a court ruling forced them...
| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump caused panic and chaos when his Office on Management and Budget ordered a sweeping freeze on federal funding for programs American families rely on. The backlash was fast and fierce as programs ranging from Medicaid to Meals on Wheels to cancer...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen my multigenerational family of six evacuated our home this January, we wondered if the fires visible from our front porch would engulf our house as we fled. Text reports of friends losing homes bombarded my phone as we settled into a cramped hotel room for the...
| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyJust recently, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority agreed to hear a case that would allow parents to block schools from teaching their kids certain books if they go against the family’s “religious beliefs” regarding gender and sexuality. Some people may think...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedHealth care is big business in the United States. So big it can be hard to wrap your head around. America’s largest health care company, the UnitedHealth Group, pulled in over $100 billion in revenue in just the fourth quarter of 2024 alone. For the full year, the...
