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Cash is King: Why Cash is the Best Tool to End Poverty

Restrictive benefits and burdensome paperwork turn seeking help into a full-time job. Simple, direct cash payments are much more cost-effective.

An out of control Oklahoma superintendent is trying to brainwash kids — and personally enrich former President Trump.

The right’s unhinged anti-immigrant rhetoric is putting people in danger — and letting the real villains off the hook.

When we fund wars and fossil fuel subsidies instead of green jobs and disaster recovery, we punish those who can least afford it.

Most of us don’t earn enough to pay taxes anyway. What we really need is a wage hike.

I’m disabled and want to work. But if I earn “too much” — even if it’s not enough to live on — I’ll lose benefits. That’s not how it should be.

Eventually, we’ll all need care or will be caregivers ourselves. Now’s the time to start investing in a stronger care infrastructure.

Politicians are attempting to redefine who counts as an “American,” with my Black immigrant family and people like us on the outside.

True populism means confronting the forces that keep everyday folks down — hardship, inequality, and war.

Growing inequality undermines our democracy and turns Americans against each other. A fairer tax system could bring us back together.