| Mar 5, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe last few weeks have been the most destabilizing for Social Security in its 90-year history. America’s historic retirement security program has survived world wars, pandemics, and recessions. But without a rapid course correction, it may not survive Donald Trump...
| Feb 27, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedRebuilding from California’s recent wildfires will cost more than a quarter of a trillion dollars — an unprecedented amount. The estimated damage from Hurricane Helene in the Southeast is almost as much, on the order of $250 billion. Who will pay for that damage? It’s...
| Feb 20, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyOn one February day alone, the Trump administration abruptly fired an estimated 14,000 federal workers. Among them was Brian Gibbs, a National Park Service ranger whose heartbreaking account of losing his “dream job” puts a human face on a crisis that...
| Feb 12, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump has made it clear that he’s dead set on attacking our immigrant friends, families, and neighbors — and that the only people he’ll protect are his loyalists and billionaires. Since day one, Trump has launched a blatantly hateful agenda against...
| Feb 5, 2025 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyIt’s a trend that’s been building for a few years now. Books by predominantly Black authors are being banned around the country. School curricula have been amended to skip the history lesson on slavery and racism. Critical Race Theory (CRT) — and anything that vaguely...
| Jan 29, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump caused panic and chaos when his Office on Management and Budget ordered a sweeping freeze on federal funding for programs American families rely on. The backlash was fast and fierce as programs ranging from Medicaid to Meals on Wheels to cancer...
