| Jun 11, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyFor weeks, Congress has been wrapped up in passing President Trump’s big, brutal budget — the one that pays for tax cuts for the wealthy and a trillion-dollar Pentagon budget by taking food stamps and Medicaid away from people struggling to get by. The GOP-controlled...
| Jun 4, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedIn early 2018, I remember sitting at my kitchen table, trying to make sense of how the 2017 Trump tax law was supposed to help families like mine. I’d read headlines promising “middle class tax relief.” But when tax season rolled around, there was little relief to be...
| May 28, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedAlejandro thought that driving full-time for Uber offered freedom — flexible hours, quick cash, and time to care for his young son. But that promise faded fast. “There are hours when I make $20,” he told me. “And there are hours when I make $2.” As his pay dropped, he...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe House recently passed a massive Trump budget bill that will cut trillions in taxes for the ultra-wealthy while eviscerating Medicaid, SNAP, and other services for working Americans. It now moves to the Senate. This bill has been called a massive transfer of wealth...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyLike nearly a third of U.S. adults, I was raised Catholic. So when Pope Leo XIV was elected, I took note. What stood out to me was not just our shared nationality, but the legacy of his chosen name. His predecessor, Leo XIII, issued Rerum Novarum, an 1891 encyclical...
| May 21, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedTransit is essential. It’s how we get to health care appointments, parks, school, and work. Essential workers, small businesses, and under-served communities throughout the country depend on transit. Transit is a key component of economic opportunity, jobs, and a more...
