| Oct 26, 2023 | Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyDuring the pandemic, the government embarked on a beautiful experiment: expanding public programs to stave off poverty. One critical component was ensuring that public school students had free lunches regardless of family income. During the 2020-2021 school year, 98...
| | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn 2020, U.S. households annually making over $1 million faced fewer tax audits than households with incomes low enough to qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit. That had never happened before. In part, you can blame the Trump administration. But conservatives in...
| Oct 25, 2023 | HP Featured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyLike many of us, I’ve been glued to media coverage of the terrible violence in Gaza and Israel. I was deeply shaken by the brutal killings of over a thousand Israelis on October 7. The families of Israelis killed and taken hostage deserve justice for these crimes. But...
| Oct 18, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySeemingly intractable problems sometimes have an obvious solution standing right in front of them. Our nation’s dire shortage of long-haul truck drivers, for example. Wrangling big rigs across the country is difficult and dangerous work, and the corporate giants that...
| Oct 6, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI’m not a fan of the controversial Jason Aldean song “Try That in a Small Town,” which glorifies vigilante violence. Unlike Aldean in his Nashville mansion, my three children and I actually live in a small town in impoverished Hopkins County, Kentucky. I sleep in our...