Police ‘Sweeps’ of Homeless Camps Are Worse Than You Think

| Dec 3, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPolice “sweeps” of homeless encampments aren’t what you think — they’re much worse. I know, because I’ve been a victim of one. The Supreme Court ruled last year that unhoused people can be punished for sleeping outside, even when no shelter or affordable housing is...

Protect Our Public Servants — and the Social Safety Net

| Nov 19, 2025 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI only wanted to serve my country. Now I’m worried about my family going hungry. I was selected for a highly competitive State Department Information Technology (IT) fellowship in 2024 — a program that included investing in my graduate degree. I was one of a few Black...

Without Medicaid, Many Rural Americans Will Die

| Nov 13, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, Congress and President Trump cut over $1 trillion from Medicaid to help offset the cost of tax cuts for billionaires. Those Medicaid cuts are scheduled to start kicking in after next year’s midterms, so it’s time for everyone to start understanding the...

A Dangerous New Approach to Homelessness

| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyNo one wants people sleeping on our streets. For years, experts have agreed the best way to prevent that is to create more housing everyday people can afford, and to provide housing — coupled with supportive services for addiction, mental health, and other help — to...

Mass Deportations Aren’t Helping Workers. They’re Tanking The Economy.

| Nov 12, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDonald Trump rode back into office by leaning on the same faux populist refrain he weaponized a decade ago: immigrants are “taking your jobs!” Since then, Trump has launched an immigration crackdown of historic proportions. Yet rather than turning things around for...

States Must Learn the Lessons of the Great Recession Before It’s Too Late

| Nov 5, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs states across America brace for economic turbulence, it’s tempting to look back to the Great Recession, when states also faced significant revenue shortfalls, for a playbook: cut budgets first, wait for federal relief, then (maybe) restore spending later. But the...