| Mar 31, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe pandemic has dramatically exposed the vital role that care workers play in our society. As child care centers and schools closed and nursing homes became COVID-19 hotspots, families have strained to juggle work and other responsibilities while taking care of loved...
| Mar 24, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI recently joined Reps. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) as they introduced the Medicare for All Act of 2021 in Congress. For me and millions of Americans, this bill’s passage would not only be life-changing — it could be life-saving. In 2010, I was...
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| Mar 17, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedOn March 13, President Joe Biden signed the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 to address some of the worst impacts of the pandemic. Tucked into the COVID-19 relief bill was a two-year expansion of the Affordable Care Act — in fact, the biggest expansion since it was...
| | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedI owe my college education to a lot of things, but two come especially to mind. One was a scholarship. The other was public transit. I can still remember my commute on those early winter days. Not five minutes since I’d walked from my car to the train station, I could...
| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFrom West Texas to Jackson, Mississippi, tens of millions of people struggled through late winter storms that froze pipes, broke water mains, and cut off electricity. They froze without showers, toilets, or washing machines — let alone drinking water — for days or...
