| Oct 1, 2018 | Economy / Business|HP FeaturedWhile Americans were transfixed by Senate hearings over Brett Kavanaugh’s alleged sexual assaults, House Republicans quietly passed another enormous tax handout for the wealthiest Americans. Round one of this giveaway cost $2 trillion. Round two is even bigger —...
| Jul 25, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyJuly 30 marks a very important anniversary in our modern political history. Fifty-three years ago in 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed Medicare and Medicaid into law, creating two programs that would disproportionately improve the lives of older and low-income...
| Jul 20, 2018 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyMy state, Tennessee, has the highest rate of hospital closures per capita of any state in the nation. Meanwhile, neighboring Arkansas — which has expanded Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act — has experienced zero hospital closures since expansion. Those were the...
| Jan 24, 2018 | Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyBetween 2013 and 2016, the state of Kentucky experienced a veritable medical miracle. In 2013, two of every five low-income people in the state had no health insurance. By 2016, only one in every 13 poor Kentuckians were going uninsured. As a result, the share of...
| Jan 17, 2018 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Rights / DemocracyOn January 11, the Trump administration issued a cruel announcement: If you can’t find a job, don’t count on being able to get health care. Under an unprecedented new policy, the administration will let states kick people off Medicaid for the crime of being...
