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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...
Trump’s Coup Attempt Is Uniting Americans

Trump’s Coup Attempt Is Uniting Americans

| Feb 27, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe Trump-Musk administration thought they could just stomp on us and our Constitution, replacing democracy with a MAGA monarchy. But they had not reckoned with one fearsome opponent: Senator Chuck Schumer. The Senate’s top Democrat says he’s getting “furious” about...
A Hostile Corporate Takeover of Our Democracy

A Hostile Corporate Takeover of Our Democracy

| Feb 5, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyBefitting a presidency inaugurated by a parade of tech billionaires, President Trump has taken Mark Zuckerberg’s infamous “move fast and break things” approach to the opening weeks of his second term — and break things he has. Trump quickly handed over the federal...
Corporations and Billionaires Flooded Trump’s Inauguration with Cash

Corporations and Billionaires Flooded Trump’s Inauguration with Cash

| Jan 22, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyPresident Trump sounded a lot of populist notes on the campaign trail. But as he took the oath of office for the second time, he was joined onstage by billionaires and CEOs who’d spent millions to be there — leaving supporters who’d traveled across the country to...
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