| Aug 24, 2022 | HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityA year has now passed since the tumultuous U.S. withdrawal from decades of war and occupation in Afghanistan. With the Taliban functionally in charge, the country faces a deteriorating humanitarian crisis and economic collapse. But instead of taking action to promote...
| Jan 15, 2020 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyA Google search for “paying school lunch debt” reveals a long list of recent news stories about good Samaritans paying off the school lunch debt of children whose families cannot afford it. A Fredonia, New York man paid off $2,000 in school lunch debt in...
| Dec 9, 2019 | Editors Picks|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|Rights / DemocracyYou may have heard about the Trump administration’s latest attack on very poor Americans: a punitive new restriction that will cut SNAP benefits for 688,000 people. SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is our country’s most popular and effective nutrition assistance...
| Feb 27, 2019 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyAn Arkansas lawmaker wants to cut school lunch funding for schools that fail to improve their students’ reading levels. I’m sorry, what? I think I understand the logic behind such a proposal. I just strongly disagree with it. It’s cruel, but even more than that, it’s...
| Jun 13, 2018 | Rights / DemocracyAre we Americans unworthy? That’s certainly the message we’re getting from our government. Over 40 percent of us are poor or low-income. How is that possible in the wealthiest country in history? “The United States is alone among developed countries in insisting that...
