| Jul 26, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThis summer marked a milestone anniversary in the history of American anti-poverty programs: two years ago, the first monthly payments of the expanded Child Tax Credit went out to millions of households. The expansion had deep roots in the welfare rights movement,...
| Jul 19, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn the wealthiest country on the planet, too many people still lack access to housing. The pandemic revealed the full extent of the U.S. housing crisis. Where were the roughly 580,000 people living unhoused in 2020 to go under “stay at home” orders? And what about...
| Jul 18, 2023 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf my decades of work as a social worker taught me one great lesson, it’s this. Poverty is an entrenched system of political choices by self-serving lawmakers, not a personal failing of ordinary people. Poverty is not, and never has been, a crime. I’ve worked with...
| Jul 17, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyVoters and politicians are reshaping America’s marijuana laws for the better. The possession and use of cannabis is now legal for medical purposes in 38 states and legal for adult recreational use in 23 of those. Unfortunately, antiquated and discriminatory drug...
| Jul 12, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / Democracy“The most important advice about saving for retirement is this,” the New York Times’ retirement savings guide begins: “Start now.” If young Americans had a nickel for every time they got that advice, well… they wouldn’t have to worry about retirement. But many young...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedI consider my days in the sun as a young, organic farmer to be the most rewarding work I’ve done. The days were long, hot, and unforgiving, but I felt free. Farmers have my utmost respect and I believe them to be the backbone of America. But for young people like me,...