Eliminate the middlemen
Just before President Trump pushed her out at the behest of his corporate donors, former Federal Trade Commission chairwoman Lina Khan released a damning...
Congress choosing missiles over medicine
For weeks, Congress has been wrapped up in passing President Trump’s big, brutal budget — the one that pays for tax cuts for the...
Criminalizing homelessness solves nothing
In the largest eviction of a homeless encampment in recent history, around 100 unhoused people were recently forced to vacate Oregon’s Deschutes National Forest...
You paid for better roads ; Politicians stole your money
If you’ve ever sat in traffic on State Route 67, battled potholes on I-15, crawled through congestion on I-8, or felt stuck on Highway...
Don’t sell out rural America
Right now, Congress is working on a giant, fast-track bill that would make historic cuts to basic needs programs to finance another round of...
Keep medical debt away from creditors
Imagine getting penalized on your credit report for getting cancer, breaking a leg, or just walking into an emergency room.
That’s not a hypothetical. It’s...
An onslaught against American workers
Well, we’ve hit the 100 day mark of the second Trump administration. Donald Trump campaigned as a champion of working class voters. But straight...
Compassion not complicated
I recall seeing a sign in a yard in my small hometown of around 12,000 residents. “No matter where you are from,” it said,...
How many eggs could your taxes buy?
Each year for Tax Day, my colleagues and I at the Institute for Policy Studies release a tax receipt so you can learn where...
Soft-on-crime policies must end
For the past decade, California has been experiencing a dangerous and costly crime wave. While state and local politicians have refused to act, in...
