Six Ways Trump’s Budget Will Hurt Rural America

| May 21, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyRight now, Congress is working on a giant, fast-track bill that would make historic cuts to basic needs programs to finance another round of tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations. As the Communications and Policy Director for the Rural Democracy Initiative,...

Want Safer Cannabis? Take It Off the Streets and Put It Behind the Counter

| May 14, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyUnlike alcohol and many other psychoactive substances, marijuana is incapable of causing a lethal overdose. Nonetheless, sensational accounts of overdoses from allegedly tainted marijuana products continue to proliferate. Again and again, these claims are debunked....

NOAA Cuts Put Coastal Communities at Risk

| May 7, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyEvery summer brings the familiar joys of sunny weather, family barbecues, and beach vacations. But for Americans on the Gulf or Atlantic coasts, the daily weather forecast always comes with a constant thrum of worry — any small disturbance in the Atlantic has the...

The Real-World Costs of Eliminating Head Start

| May 1, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAll of us want our kids to get a fair start in life. And for millions of American families, that start has come from the federal Head Start program. But unfortunately, President Trump has frozen Head Start funds, laid off many federal Head Start employees, and closed...

The White House Spent Earth Day Lying About Climate Science

| Apr 24, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedOn April 22, Earth Day, the White House issued a press release that reads like parody. It would be comical if the consequences weren’t so dire. The release proclaims that President Trump “follows science.” This is a laughable lie. In a few short months, this...

To End Homelessness, Invest in Harm Reduction

| Apr 16, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHomelessness and substance use disorder often occur simultaneously — but many people struggling with both are unable to get the help they need. That’s put homeless service providers on the front lines of the battle for reversing overdoses while also trying to end...