| Nov 10, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyFor Ruth Martin, the fight for paid leave is both professional and personal. As Senior Vice President of MomsRising, she’s helped mobilize more than 870,000 calls and emails to lawmakers advocating for paid leave and other pro-family benefits in the Build Back Better...
| May 26, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyAfter getting vaccinated, I eagerly returned to some parts of normal life, expecting the essential workers I interacted with would be already vaccinated. After all, they became eligible for the vaccine before I did, and our county has one of the highest rates of...
| Mar 31, 2021 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyThe pandemic has dramatically exposed the vital role that care workers play in our society. As child care centers and schools closed and nursing homes became COVID-19 hotspots, families have strained to juggle work and other responsibilities while taking care of loved...
| Mar 3, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen my mother was hospitalized for COVID-19 in early February, my first thought was, “will she be okay?” I was consumed with anxiety not just about her health, but also about money. How much time would she need to take off work? Would her rent and bills be paid on...
| Jan 20, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP FeaturedLate last year, Congress allowed federal mandatory emergency paid leave benefits to expire. That left millions of American workers more vulnerable to catching — and spreading — COVID-19. The Families First Coronavirus Response Act, passed in March 2020, required...
