Immigrants Are Our Neighbors. Isn’t That Enough?

| Apr 23, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyI recall seeing a sign in a yard in my small hometown of around 12,000 residents. “No matter where you are from,” it said, “we’re glad you are our neighbor.” It was positioned defiantly, facing a Trump sign that had been plunged into the neighbor’s yard across the...

With Congress Preparing a “Fiscal Tsunami,” States Can Choose Differently

| Apr 15, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedTax policy experts and lawmakers have long circled 2025 as a year to prepare for. What makes it so significant? For one thing, Federal COVID money to states is expiring, straining state budgets at the same time the economy is starting to weaken. For another,...

The “Hands Off” Rallies Were Patriotism in Action

| Apr 9, 2025 | HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyMillions of Americans in more than 1,200 cities and towns gathered with friends and neighbors on April 5 in a beautiful, energetic, nonviolent, and urgently needed expression of patriotism. We used our freedom of speech to send urgent messages to our political...

Tariffs Can Be Useful — But Not How Trump Is Using Them

| Apr 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedPresident Donald Trump has said “tariff” is “the most beautiful word in the dictionary.” He claims tariffs will restore American trade supremacy, bring lost jobs back to the United States, and most bizarrely, replace income taxes. Tariffs can be a useful tool to...

Dismantling the IRS Only Helps Billionaire Tax Dodgers

| Mar 26, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE have begun dismantling the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), beginning with 6,700 layoffs. Their stated plan is to cut half of the agency’s workforce. Their biggest cuts appear to be in the Large Business and International...

I Won’t Resign My Federal Job — And No One Else Should Either

| Mar 19, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP FeaturedDonald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling vital public services in the name of combating “inefficiency.” That’s meant abruptly — and often illegally — firing tens of thousands of workers like me. The word “inefficiency” conjures images of long lines at the DMV and...