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Congress: Help Struggling Families Before It’s Too Late

Congress: Help Struggling Families Before It’s Too Late

| Dec 7, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyRight around the time I heard lawmakers were considering a year-end package of tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations, my 12-year-old son’s bike broke. It felt like just another thing I couldn’t fix for him. Yet here are our lawmakers “fixing” things for those...
Back to School Blues Linger Without the Child Tax Credit

Back to School Blues Linger Without the Child Tax Credit

| Oct 26, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedA few months into the school year, parents may finally feel like they’re in a better rhythm of sleep schedules, drop-offs, pick-ups, and after-school activities. But far too many are still recovering from the extra expenses the start of each school year brings. From a...
Revive the Child Tax Credit. Our Children Deserve Nothing Less.

Revive the Child Tax Credit. Our Children Deserve Nothing Less.

| Oct 5, 2022 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI like to think I’m an American success story. I was born into homelessness, grew up in the foster care system, and suffered unthinkable domestic abuse as an adult. Now I’m on track to graduate with a Master’s degree in social work next spring. But don’t mistake...
Biden’s Inflation Bill Is (Mostly) Good News for People and the Planet

Biden’s Inflation Bill Is (Mostly) Good News for People and the Planet

| Aug 17, 2022 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedPresident Biden and the Democrats are celebrating the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, a stripped down version of the Build Back Better agenda. The new bill will help reduce inflation, address climate change, and ease economic hardship —  a little, over time,...
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...
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