Cartoon: The Law and Order Candidate

| Jun 5, 2024 | Cartoon|Rights / DemocracyGet the full-res version here.

CARTOON: Supreme Surrender

| May 29, 2024 | Cartoon|Rights / DemocracyGet the full-resolution version here.

Affordable Child Care Helped My Family Out of Deep Poverty. Can We Save It?

| | 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...

I Got Help. Now I Give Back. That’s How a Healthy Society Should Work.

| | 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...

Red Flags Over the Supreme Court

| | Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAmerica’s highest court is supposed to be impartial — especially when it comes to our elections and constitutional rights. Unfortunately, Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito has been sending not very subtle signals that he’s aligned with former President Donald Trump’s...

I Keep The Affordable Care Act Working. Why Can’t I Afford to See My Own Doctor?

| 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...