Economy and Business
Let’s Get Broadband Done the Right Way
As our country finally invests in broadband, we need to make sure the job gets done right — by skilled union workers, not low-wage contractors.
This Women’s History Month, We Won’t Renegotiate Our Place in the Economy
Out of touch lawmakers are rolling out economic plans that would set women back generations. Not this time!
Before Norfolk Southern Poisoned Ohio, It Poisoned the Statehouse
The company plied state lawmakers with cash and lobbied against common sense rail safety measures.
A Health Care Cliff is Coming
I’m one of 18 million Americans who could soon lose Medicaid access. Here’s how to keep people from falling over the edge — and how to fight back.
Rail Workers Warned Us: Greed Is Dangerous
Following derailments across the country, rail workers have a solution to the nation’s rail crisis: public ownership.
Health Care is Sick — and Profit is the Disease
Corporate consolidation is burning out health care professionals and killing patients. But there’s another way.
Don’t Trust Wall Street with Nursing Homes
Make no mistake, they’d kill your granny to make a buck.
Credit Card Holders Get Protection from Fraud. Shouldn’t EBT Users, Too?
My kids and I deserve the same consumer financial protections that higher-income Americans get.
Biden Is Right: You Shouldn’t Pay a Higher Tax Rate Than Billionaires
The president has renewed his call for a “billionaire minimum tax.” If Congress won’t listen, states should.
Biden Presented a Bold Agenda. Can He Back It Up?
The president had much to celebrate in his State of the Union address. But to finish the job, he needs to take executive action.