| Jul 18, 2023 | Economy / Business|Food / Farming|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIf my decades of work as a social worker taught me one great lesson, it’s this. Poverty is an entrenched system of political choices by self-serving lawmakers, not a personal failing of ordinary people. Poverty is not, and never has been, a crime. I’ve worked with...
| May 24, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyThe news sure makes it sound like President Biden and Republicans have been haggling over the national debt. But that’s not what’s really happening — not at all. President Biden wants to spend more money and run up the deficit, the story goes. Republican House Speaker...
| May 17, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP SubfeaturedEver since the middle of the 20th century, our history textbooks have applauded the reform movement that put an end to the child-labor horrors that ran widespread throughout the early Industrial Age. Now those horrors are reappearing. The number of kids employed in...
| Apr 19, 2023 | Economy / Business|Environment / Health|HP Subfeatured|Peace / Security|Rights / DemocracyMany of us rushed to file our taxes before this year’s April 18 deadline. While we all hope for a refund to help pay the rent or cover a vacation, we also want our taxes themselves to pay for worthwhile things. Every year, my project at the Institute for Policy...
| 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...