Five Things Americans Need to Know about the U.S. and Iran

| Mar 4, 2026 | HP Featured|Peace / SecurityThe Trump administration has joined Israel in launching large-scale attacks across Iran. The strikes mark the beginning of ​“major combat operations,” according to President Trump, and in response Tehran has reportedly launched retaliatory attacks in Middle Eastern...

Federal Safety Net Cuts Are Hurting States. A ‘Bad Business Fee’ Could Help.

| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|HP SubfeaturedWorking people — and the state and local governments who represent them — are being pushed to the brink by deep federal cuts to essential programs like Medicaid and SNAP. Those cuts didn’t happen in a vacuum. They were deliberately paired with a trillion-dollar tax...

Stealing Students’ Dreams to Give Billionaires Tax Breaks

| Feb 25, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedPresident Trump has declared that he has “won affordability.” In his State of the Union speech, he even bragged that he’s bringing costs “way down on health care and everything else.” In reality, the Trump administration is making it much harder for working families...

The Epstein Class: They Are the Elites They Pretend to Hate

| Feb 17, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAttorney General Pam Bondi’s contentious House hearing about the Justice Department’s handling of the Epstein files offered a clear message to the nation: sex trafficking of women and minors is perfectly acceptable as long as wealthy white men do it. Jeffrey Epstein,...

Trump’s Assault on Immigrants Hurts U.S.-Born Workers, Too

| Feb 4, 2026 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / Democracy​​In late 2025, federal immigration authorities detained a non-union janitor who’d accused contractors for Minnesota’s Ramsey County of wage theft. The worker is now in deportation proceedings. But his courage helped win policy changes in Ramsey County, and his fierce...

The Senate Must Not Fund ICE

| Jan 26, 2026 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMore Americans now support abolishing Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) than keeping it. A January 13, 2026 Economist/YouGov poll found that 46 percent want to eliminate ICE, compared to 43 percent who support preserving it. It’s a trend that’s been growing...