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Biden’s Budget Would Level the Playing Field and Reduce the Deficit

Biden’s Budget Would Level the Playing Field and Reduce the Deficit

| Mar 15, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyHow can we measure what our leaders value? One way is to look at their budgets. On March 9, President Biden rolled out a budget proposal that he’ll ask Congress to consider. Presidential budget proposals seldom pass in the form they’re presented, but they offer clues...
Inequality Costs Social Security Trillions. Here’s How We Fix It.

Inequality Costs Social Security Trillions. Here’s How We Fix It.

| Mar 8, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIs your salary less than $160,200? If so, you’re among the 94 percent of American workers who pay into Social Security all year long. Thanks to a loophole that exclusively benefits the affluent, income above that amount simply isn’t taxed for Social Security. That...
Social Security Is America’s Contract with Working People

Social Security Is America’s Contract with Working People

| Feb 1, 2023 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|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...
Cartoon: A Robbery in Broad Daylight

Cartoon: A Robbery in Broad Daylight

| Jan 18, 2023 | Cartoon|Economy / Business|Rights / DemocracyGet a full-res version here.
Republicans Turn to Mugging Social Security

Republicans Turn to Mugging Social Security

| 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...
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