Our Nearly $1 Trillion Military Budget Won’t Make Us Safer

| Jun 27, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIf you looked at the U.S. military budget without knowing otherwise, you’d probably guess we were in World War III. Our military spending is now the highest it’s been at any point since World War II — and Congress keeps adding more. The House of Representatives just...

Two Years Since Dobbs, Americans Are Fighting to Reclaim Their Rights

| Jun 25, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIn its Dobbs ruling two years ago this June, the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Since then, abortion restrictions have had devastating effects not only on pregnant people but on our society more generally. Abortion restrictions force poor women to travel out of...

Addiction Recovery Is Hard. Funding It Shouldn’t Be.

| Jun 12, 2024 | Environment / Health|HP FeaturedTreating addiction is hard. But as someone who’s in recovery and now helps mothers on their own recovery journey, one thing is very simple: We need more investment in the solutions that work. Every person in recovery has their own story. My grandmother was an American...

It’s Time to Put Americans’ Health Decisions Back in Our Own Hands

| May 22, 2024 | Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyWe all deserve the right to make informed decisions about our own health. That right has been in danger for years — and since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, it’s under siege. I grew up in the South with an abstinence-only education — if you can call that an...

‘Bluelining’ Leaves Climate Vulnerable Communities Without Home Insurance

| May 15, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedIn an era of climate disasters, Americans in vulnerable regions will need to rely more than ever on their home insurance. But as floods, wildfires, and severe storms become more common, a troubling practice known as “bluelining” threatens to leave many communities...

The Big Business of Obesity and Shame

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP SubfeaturedManufacturers of new weight loss drugs are salivating at the prospect of profit.  What Americans eat, how they diet and exercise, the sugar content of their sodas, and the high fructose corn syrup in their processed foods have long been objects of endless gambling on...