| Feb 1, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyCliff Carlton was the 10th of 11 children and one of three still living at home when his father, a coal miner, died unexpectedly at 67. Only his dad’s Social Security benefits, along with vegetables from the family’s small farm in southwestern Virginia, kept the...
| Jan 11, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP SubfeaturedNow that the Republican Party has suspended its internal chaos long enough to elect a Speaker, Republicans face a challenge. Leading party members are eager to use their new majority in the House of Representatives to trash two programs conservatives have long...
| Dec 7, 2022 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracySocial Security was on the ballot in Georgia’s December 6 run-off election. Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock’s re-election victory there should be good news for Gold Star families, paralyzed veterans, seniors, and indeed all of Social Security’s over 65 million...
| May 12, 2021 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|HP Subfeatured|Peace / SecurityThe immigrants and asylum seekers at America’s borders are not a crisis. They are a solution. The real crisis the United States faces is demographic. According to the latest census, population growth is slowing. The birth rate has declined 19 percent since peaking in...
