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Two Years In, We Need to Learn the Lessons of This Pandemic

Two Years In, We Need to Learn the Lessons of This Pandemic

| Mar 23, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTwo years ago I was panicking, making hundreds of phone calls to postpone my wedding that was a few days away. It was March 2020. A global pandemic had reached the United States and changed each of our lives in ways we never imagined. Millions of Americans would lose...
Why Are We Torching Our Best Tool to End Child Poverty?

Why Are We Torching Our Best Tool to End Child Poverty?

| Jan 26, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAda Mae’s beautiful blonde curls are wild on this sunny, mild winter afternoon. I’ve just picked her up from the homeschool co-op that supplements the first-grade lessons we’ve been doing at home, and we’re hanging out at the park. This is my favorite time of the...
What the Expanded Child Tax Credit Means to Me

What the Expanded Child Tax Credit Means to Me

| Sep 15, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI remember finding out I was about to become a mother. I felt the fear taking hold of me. My brain stopped. I remember crying but had no tears. I remember trying to run, but I couldn’t move. No one had prepared me for motherhood — my own mother abandoned me when...
Historic Relief for American Families Is On Its Way to Your Bank Account

Historic Relief for American Families Is On Its Way to Your Bank Account

| Jun 30, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP FeaturedDid you hear the good news? If you’re a parent or a single, low-income worker, more historic relief is on its way to your bank account. From July 15 through the end of the year, most families with children under 18 will receive between $250 and $300 per child, per...
The Man for the Moment Who Must Do More

The Man for the Moment Who Must Do More

| May 5, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyJoe Biden came into office facing historic, overlapping crises: a pandemic, a recession, racial unrest, and flagging faith in democracy and government. He had two choices: Govern from a mythical middle and risking failing to structurally address any one of these...
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