| Apr 23, 2025 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyAs a child, I felt so fancy when we used the purple food stamps — those were the pretty ones. We were a hardworking, loving family. My parents ensured we weren’t around anyone who tried to make us feel “less than” for needing help to make ends meet. That’s just...
| Apr 2, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyI know how it feels to be hungry and homeless. That’s why after work, I drive around town and pick up leftover food from restaurants, schools, grocery stores, and special events. My fellow volunteers and I set up in a big parking lot in our downtown to make this food...
| Mar 13, 2025 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyTens of millions of Americans rely on the public assistance programs — like Medicaid, SNAP, housing aid, and more — that Republican leaders are now threatening to gut. I’m one of them. My dream is to regain the financial independence I once enjoyed before life and...
| Mar 5, 2025 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedWhen I was growing up, I was taught that only lazy people asked for “handouts” from the government in hard times. But I’ve learned public assistance isn’t a handout at all — it’s a service our tax dollars pay for. We purchase these promises in good times so we have...
| Sep 11, 2024 | Economy / Business|Editors Picks|Environment / Health|HP Featured|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyMaybe you’ve heard some of the buzz about “Project 2025.” What is it — and what would it mean for you and your family? Project 2025 is a proposed “transition plan for a new Republican administration” put together by the Heritage Foundation, a right-wing think tank....
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