| Apr 9, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyEach year for Tax Day, my colleagues and I at the Institute for Policy Studies release a tax receipt so you can learn where your taxes are actually going. This year, you may be more worried about the price of eggs than your tax dollars. But with President Trump now...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWith Tax Day rapidly approaching, taxpayers who haven’t yet filed could have a great option available to them this year. Half the states in the nation now have access to a zero-cost tool created by the IRS called Direct File that allows people to file taxes online...
| Apr 7, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn just a few short months, the Trump administration has ousted countless career officials from the federal government. That’s a threat to all Americans who rely on quality government services — and threatens to undo decades of progress for Black families in...
| Apr 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI know how it feels to be hungry and homeless. That’s why after work, I drive around town and pick up leftover food from restaurants, schools, grocery stores, and special events. My fellow volunteers and I set up in a big parking lot in our downtown to make this food...
| | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedPresident Donald Trump has said “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” He claims tariffs will restore American trade supremacy, bring lost jobs back to the United States, and most bizarrely, replace income taxes. Tariffs can be a useful tool to...
| | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedHarry Truman once proclaimed: “No man should be president who doesn’t understand hogs.” That might explain the calamitous mess that President Trump and Elon Musk are making of our government today. Clearly, Trump and Musk know nothing about four-legged farm animals....
