| Mar 29, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI grew up poor. My single-dad grew up poor. And now, even as entrepreneurs — the embodiment of America’s “can-do” spirit and the engine of our economy — my partner and I are only just making ends meet. I’ve had to learn a lot about poverty over the years — the endless...
| 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...
| Jan 12, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyOn January 15, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr. was leaving a planning meeting for the Poor People’s Campaign when he was called back into the room. It was his birthday — his last, it would turn out. The staff of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference would usually...
| Dec 22, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedChild care is one of the biggest expenses many families face — in much of the country, it can run higher than college tuition. Could a national child care program ease that burden? We’ve come close before. During World War II, the federal government provided child...
| Dec 15, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI work hard to make ends meet for my family. But as an educator in West Virginia, that’s hard sometimes — especially with child care to pay for. Fortunately, the expanded Child Tax Credit that Democrats passed this spring has been a lifeline. Those monthly payments...
