These Immigrants Were Supposed to Be Protected. The Administration Came for Them Anyway.

| Jul 9, 2025 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyIn the 19 years my uncle has worked in the healthcare industry, he’s only missed one day — the day his mother, my grandmother, passed away. He would then help plan a funeral he couldn’t attend. If you live in his small town in Utah, you know my uncle. He’s the big man...

10 Ways the GOP Budget Will Make Life Worse for Americans

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe GOP’s “One Big Beautiful Bill,” which narrowly passed Congress and was recently signed by President Trump, represents the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich since chattel slavery. Here are just 10 of the worst things about it. 1. It’s going to...

I’m a Veteran of Auto Boycotts. My Advice to Tesla? Dump Musk

| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyElon Musk’s alliance with Donald Trump may be over for now, but the Tesla brand has yet to recover from Musk’s high profile foray into politics. Tesla stock has plummeted precipitously ever since Musk’s embrace of Donald Trump last year. It’s been enough to alarm...

Trump Is Opening the Door to Scams Targeting Military Families

| Jul 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration could really lend a hand to veterans and servicemembers. Instead, it’s opening the door for scams targeting military families. Trump is dismantling the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the 15-year-old consumer watchdog agency. The...

Trump’s Budget Will Devastate Health Care for Rural Families Like Mine

| | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFor generations, my family has lived in a rural Alabama county with just one community hospital, with 107 beds to service 60,000 people. Among those 60,000, 19 percent of individuals are covered by Medicaid — including my mom, sisters, aunts, and uncles. The hospital...

70 Million Disabled Americans Could Soon Lose Our Rights. I’m One of Them.

| Jun 25, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI spent every bit of free time in my final semester at Villanova University fighting a lawsuit that could make life for me as a disabled American very difficult. As a low vision student, I’ve relied on Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 for nearly my entire...