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Cartoon: Enemies of the State

Cartoon: Enemies of the State

| Feb 28, 2024 | Cartoon|Rights / DemocracyGet the full-resolution version here.
Free Tax Filing: A Crucial Step Toward Unrigging Our Economy

Free Tax Filing: A Crucial Step Toward Unrigging Our Economy

| Feb 21, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyEach year many Americans pay a steep cost when doing their taxes. It’s not just the money people shell out to use software to file taxes online, but also the time spent and the stress that comes with worrying an honest mistake will be held against them. Luckily,...
Abortion Ban Extremists Are Using a Slave Law to Repress Women

Abortion Ban Extremists Are Using a Slave Law to Repress Women

| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHere’s our big word of the day: extraterritoriality. It expresses a sketchy legal theory asserting that rulers in one state have a right to enforce their laws in another state. Its most prominent was in the infamous Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, which required officials...
Poor and Low-Income Voters Are a Sleeping Giant

Poor and Low-Income Voters Are a Sleeping Giant

| Feb 14, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAmidst all the nail-biting uncertainty over the 2024 election, one thing’s for sure: turnout will be key. This February, the Poor People’s Campaign announced plans to mobilize a powerful yet often overlooked voting bloc: the 85 million eligible voters who are poor or...
Having a Child Shouldn’t Cause Financial Catastrophe

Having a Child Shouldn’t Cause Financial Catastrophe

| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI had a baby in 2021 and quickly learned how parenting and child care expenses add up. My husband and I had saved up for months to afford my unpaid maternity leave — I kept working even after my water broke because we needed every penny. It was a dream come true to...
Is the Government Finally Abandoning Its ‘Flat Earth’ Cannabis Policy?

Is the Government Finally Abandoning Its ‘Flat Earth’ Cannabis Policy?

| Feb 7, 2024 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyHundreds of pages of recently released documents provided by the Department of Health and Services affirm what the overwhelming majority of the public has known for decades: Marijuana is therapeutically useful. And its harms are not on par with those of heroin — which...
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