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Dismantling the IRS Only Helps Billionaire Tax Dodgers

Dismantling the IRS Only Helps Billionaire Tax Dodgers

| Mar 26, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump administration and Elon Musk’s DOGE have begun dismantling the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), beginning with 6,700 layoffs. Their stated plan is to cut half of the agency’s workforce. Their biggest cuts appear to be in the Large Business and International...
Moments Like Now Are Why We Have Courts

Moments Like Now Are Why We Have Courts

| | HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump’s second term has made clear how much we need the courts to uphold the rule of law — and what a difference that makes to our everyday lives. Donald Trump and Elon Musk are targeting institutions and programs that provide vital public services. They’re...
Basic Human Needs Are Not Fair Game for Billionaire Tax Cuts

Basic Human Needs Are Not Fair Game for Billionaire Tax Cuts

| Mar 13, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTens of millions of Americans rely on the public assistance programs — like Medicaid, SNAP, housing aid, and more — that Republican leaders are now threatening to gut. I’m one of them. My dream is to regain the financial independence I once enjoyed before life and...
We Need Medicaid More Than Billionaires Need Tax Cuts

We Need Medicaid More Than Billionaires Need Tax Cuts

| Mar 5, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen I was growing up, I was taught that only lazy people asked for “handouts” from the government in hard times. But I’ve learned public assistance isn’t a handout at all — it’s a service our tax dollars pay for. We purchase these promises in good times so we have...
The Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History

The Greatest Threat to Social Security in Its 90-Year History

| | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe last few weeks have been the most destabilizing for Social Security in its 90-year history. America’s historic retirement security program has survived world wars, pandemics, and recessions. But without a rapid course correction, it may not survive Donald Trump...
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