| May 29, 2024 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyOn a good day in December 1983, I cooked Vienna sausages and grits on a borrowed kerosene heater that — in my poverty-stricken state — felt like another mouth to feed. Every day I had to buy fuel for it. I’d vowed to lift myself and two boys out of destitution as soon...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyLife is unpredictable. And sometimes, no matter how hard you work, life throws curve balls that hit you in the gut. That’s what our tax dollars are supposed to be for — a helping hand when we’re most in need. More than once in my life, the social safety net came...
| May 22, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI love my job. Every day I get to answer phone calls from some of the tens of millions of Americans who rely on the Affordable Care Act and help them get the health care benefits they need. Even though I do an essential job, my employer — the federal call center run...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyWhat’s the matter with Congress? And most of our state legislatures, too? Why do these so-called representative bodies keep stiffing middle-class and poor families, refusing to respond to the most urgent needs and goals of this vast majority of Americans? Take...
| 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...
| | 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...
