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Trump Judges Are Making the Affordability Crisis Worse

Trump Judges Are Making the Affordability Crisis Worse

| Sep 23, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWith gas prices through the roof, grocery prices higher than ever, interest rates going up, and good jobs harder to find, it’s a challenge for a lot of people to make ends meet. Affordability is a key economic and political issue. But many would be surprised to know...
Who Grows Our Houseplants?

Who Grows Our Houseplants?

| | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWe have distinct memories of fragrant lilies filling our churches and bright red poinsettias decorating the altar during Easter and Christmas Mass. Growing up in agricultural communities in Texas and Colorado, we understood even as children that these plants...
Vance Wants to Reward Stay-at-Home Moms — By Punishing Single Parents

Vance Wants to Reward Stay-at-Home Moms — By Punishing Single Parents

| | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedVice President J.D. Vance has long been a proponent of “traditional marriage” and the nuclear family: one man married to one woman, with multiple children between them. In an apparent bid to build his reputation as a serious 2028 contender for the White House, Vance...
Gen Z Women Don’t Owe America Babies

Gen Z Women Don’t Owe America Babies

| Sep 16, 2026 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyGen Z women like me are having fewer babies. That shouldn’t be a surprise — with prices for everything going up, our parents’ steady jobs, white picket fences, and retirement packages feel much less attainable for us. But the government wants to make us change that....
Americans Don’t Trust AI. Trump Says ‘Let It Reign.’

Americans Don’t Trust AI. Trump Says ‘Let It Reign.’

| | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedCommunities across America are literally under siege from secretive data center powers intent on seizing our land, water, electric grid, and even our local democracy. Yet instead of standing up for our rights, our wholly corporatized, pusillanimous president is waving...
Struggling Families Like Mine Are Waiting on a Bomb to Go Off

Struggling Families Like Mine Are Waiting on a Bomb to Go Off

| Sep 3, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy mom worked harder than anyone I know. She wanted a good life for us. It was a hard life — I remember the Christmas she had to pawn our gifts to pay the light bill — but she made it special for us. Now I have two kids of my own, and I want them to have every...
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