| Jul 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFor generations, my family has lived in a rural Alabama county with just one community hospital, with 107 beds to service 60,000 people. Among those 60,000, 19 percent of individuals are covered by Medicaid — including my mom, sisters, aunts, and uncles. The hospital...
| May 21, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyRight now, Congress is working on a giant, fast-track bill that would make historic cuts to basic needs programs to finance another round of tax breaks for the wealthy and big corporations. As the Communications and Policy Director for the Rural Democracy Initiative,...
| May 7, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyImagine getting penalized on your credit report for getting cancer, breaking a leg, or just walking into an emergency room. That’s not a hypothetical. It’s the reality for millions of Americans saddled with medical bills they didn’t plan for, understand, or even owe...
| Mar 12, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe paper sheet crinkled under me as I shifted on the vinyl examination table. The doctor paused. “Hmm,” she said quietly. This was January 2021. I’d patched together a few gigs since completing a masters degree program the previous year, but was still struggling to...
| Feb 27, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs parents, we’re horrified by the denial of health care to trans children that’s being imposed on families and communities across this country right now. Through President Trump’s executive orders and harsh anti-trans laws in different states, policy makers are...
