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Without Medicaid, Many Rural Americans Will Die

Without Medicaid, Many Rural Americans Will Die

| Nov 13, 2025 | Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyThis summer, Congress and President Trump cut over $1 trillion from Medicaid to help offset the cost of tax cuts for billionaires. Those Medicaid cuts are scheduled to start kicking in after next year’s midterms, so it’s time for everyone to start understanding the...
States Must Learn the Lessons of the Great Recession Before It’s Too Late

States Must Learn the Lessons of the Great Recession Before It’s Too Late

| Nov 5, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs states across America brace for economic turbulence, it’s tempting to look back to the Great Recession, when states also faced significant revenue shortfalls, for a playbook: cut budgets first, wait for federal relief, then (maybe) restore spending later. But the...
The Health Care Emergency Behind the Government Shutdown

The Health Care Emergency Behind the Government Shutdown

| Oct 7, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyHealth care access in this country is in grave danger — and your wallet could be, too. Those facts are key to understanding the latest government shutdown. “My kids have health care through Medicaid — which is especially important for my daughter with autism,” Alexis...
Rural Communities Brace for Trump’s Health Cuts

Rural Communities Brace for Trump’s Health Cuts

| Sep 10, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyBari Senecal waits outside the emergency department at Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson, New York. “I do construction. I fell three stories,” Senecal explains. “I was on top of the scaffold and this new kid we hired didn’t put the braces on correctly.” Like 70...
My Family Just Got Back on Our Feet. Trump’s Bill Could Knock Us Over Again.

My Family Just Got Back on Our Feet. Trump’s Bill Could Knock Us Over Again.

| Sep 3, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMy family and I finally secured stable housing again, years after being priced out of a duplex we’d been renting. I’m both relieved and worried. Now the so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” threatens health care and food for my four kids — just to pay for massive tax breaks...
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