| Oct 23, 2024 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyForget the cartoonish “Great Man” version of American history. Nearly all social progress in our country has been spurred by unheralded “nobodies” who felt a sting of injustice — and resolved to right the wrong. Lilly Ledbetter, who recently died at 86, was one such...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhen I was a kid, I had no idea we were low-income. My single mom had a decent job as a regional rail conductor, and she’d sometimes take me to the movies or on vacations. But she had trouble finding child care — the cost was simply too high, especially because she...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy mom’s the hardest working person I know. She had a stable job and benefits, but that didn’t save us from homelessness. For years, we bounced between shelters, churches, motel rooms, and apartments. Benefits programs helped us make ends meet, as they do for tens of...
| Oct 16, 2024 | Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyAs school kids learn in civics class, our government is made up of three separate branches. The church isn’t one of them — unless you live in Oklahoma. There, a fanatical Christian Nationalist named Ryan Walters is the appointed superintendent of schools. But Walters...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyRepublicans are counting on fears of immigrants to draw white conservatives to the polls. This calculation is dangerous — and it lets the real villains in our politics off the hook. There’s a direct line between Donald Trump’s 2015 declaration about Mexican “rapists”...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThis year’s hurricane season has been devastating. Hurricane Helene left a trail of wreckage across the Southeast and Appalachia, where over 230 people have died so far. Barely two weeks later, Milton slammed into Florida, killing dozens more, destroying homes, and...
