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States Must Learn the Lessons of the Great Recession Before It’s Too Late
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is going to cause major pain in statehouses. Lawmakers need to prepare now.
Trump Is Hollowing Out America’s Only Agency for Minority Business
Businesses owned by rural Americans, women, and veterans — and their communities — will also be impacted.
It’s Not Only the White House Getting Demolished. Trump’s Gutting Affordable Housing, Too.
President Trump’s proposed housing policies would put hundreds of thousands of Americans out on the streets.
Rural America Has a Plan. Congress Needs to Show Up.
Five ways lawmakers can deliver for rural America — not just corporations and the wealthy.
Rural America Deserves Dependable Broadband, Not More Billionaire Handouts
The Trump administration’s new rules for broadband funds favor giveaways to Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk over reliable internet for rural communities.
Democracy Begins Where We Live
Whether we’re facing flooding, AI disruption, or authoritarianism, it will be the people around us who get us through.
Child Care Can Be Free and Universal
In most of the country, child care is too expensive for families and pays too little for providers. New Mexico is fixing that — and all states should follow.
An Immigration Success Story in the Heartland
As ICE raids terrorize communities large and small, Americans should take a lesson from this Iowa town: We’re stronger when everyone is free to participate and contribute.
You Can’t Learn from History If You Cover It Up
There’s not enough whitewash in the world to cover the ugliness of slavery, and it’s self-destructive for the government to try.
Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War
There’s a reason we don’t want drug warriors playing judge, jury, and executioner.
