Environment and Health
If People Are Going Hungry, Why Can’t We Feed Them?
As Congress slashes SNAP, more states need to step up to fill in the gap.
Less for Health Care, More for the Pentagon
Even with U.S. health premiums set to double, senators gave essential health funds as a bonus to the $1 trillion Pentagon.
The Government Is Open. Now It Needs to Get America Moving — Literally.
President Trump is now threatening federal transit funding — which could hit small urban and rural transit agencies hardest.
Without Medicaid, Many Rural Americans Will Die
The attacks on Medicaid aren’t just policy choices — they’re signing people’s death certificates before they ever see a physician.
Even with the Shutdown Ending, Millions Will Lose Food Aid
The GOP budget bill passed earlier this year includes the largest cuts to SNAP in history. And those cuts are starting now.
States Must Learn the Lessons of the Great Recession Before It’s Too Late
The GOP’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is going to cause major pain in statehouses. Lawmakers need to prepare now.
Rural America Has a Plan. Congress Needs to Show Up.
Five ways lawmakers can deliver for rural America — not just corporations and the wealthy.
Democracy Begins Where We Live
Whether we’re facing flooding, AI disruption, or authoritarianism, it will be the people around us who get us through.
Blowing Up Fishing Boats Won’t Win the Drug War
There’s a reason we don’t want drug warriors playing judge, jury, and executioner.
Ten Ways You’re Being Burned By Billionaires
Many Americans don’t realize it, but the decisions of billionaires shape every aspect of our lives. Here are just a few — and what we can do.
