| Jul 30, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Democratic Party lost big in 2024. If it hopes to bounce back, making inroads with the working class is the only way possible — and a new report from the Center for Working-Class Politics and Jacobin shows that economic populism is the best path to bring them...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPunishing people for being poor doesn’t make them less poor. And jailing someone who’s homeless doesn’t make them housed. But that’s exactly what President Trump’s new executive order does: it makes criminals out of people trying to survive our nation’s housing...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA deadly fire at Gabriel House, an assisted living facility in Fall River, Massachusetts, claimed 10 lives this July. In the aftermath, horrific scenes emerged of elderly residents trapped inside smoke-filled rooms and hanging out of windows, desperate for rescue....
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedThe nation’s largest home and auto insurance companies say we can trust them, but lately they’re behaving far more like villains than heroes. As the climate crisis intensifies, big insurance companies are protecting their bottom line instead of policyholders. They’re...
| Jul 23, 2025 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWhat do Louisiana, West Virginia, Oklahoma, and Alabama have in common? For one thing, they’re red states. For another, they’re poor states. Each has among the top 10 highest percentages of residents on SNAP, or food stamps. And finally, every one of their Republican...
| Jul 16, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedOur nation’s paltry federal minimum wage of just $7.25 hourly is rightly criticized as far too little to sustain a worker, let alone a family, in 2025. That’s bad enough, but did you know that there’s an even lower floor for workers who receive tips on the job? That’s...
