| 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...
| 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...
| 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...
| 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,...
| 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...