Economy / Business - OtherWords

We Need Child Care, Not Partisan Threats

Freezing child care funding on the basis of partisan allegations only hurts working families like mine.

Momentum for direct cash is growing — for good reason.

Trump’s gutting of workplace safety enforcement comes as many states have rolled back their own efforts. That puts young workers at risk.

Big Oil is a winner in the U.S. attack on Venezuela, even if they don’t extract a drop of oil from there.

King called for an aggressive federal effort to reverse racial inequality. Instead, we’re getting one to entrench it.

Invading Venezuela has nothing to do with drugs, but slashing the safety net does.

Want an easy New Year’s resolution? Replace some of your conventional toilet paper with rolls made from recycled paper.

Our world is awash in plastic and Americans are sick of it. Fortunately, you can have a plastic-free — or plastic-light — holiday season.

Federal cuts to health care means health centers will have less funding — and less staffing — while trying to serve more uninsured patients.

The relentless push for data centers is raising our power bills and polluting our communities. It doesn’t have to be this way.