| 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 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...
| Dec 22, 2021 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThere’s no getting around it: 2021 has been a tough year. As with 2020, many of us are glad to see its back end. Do let the door hit you on the way out. Yet, there is more than just Senator Joe Manchin’s coal and Omicron fears in our stockings this holiday season....
| 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...
| Nov 10, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThe drama over the Build Back Better Act has revealed the power of narrative in our political landscape. It is not enough to put forward policy proposals that actually help people, pay for them with taxes on the wealthiest, and then try to pass those proposals into...