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...
Defending livelihoods in name of public service
Donald Trump and Elon Musk are dismantling vital public services in the name of combating “inefficiency.” That’s meant abruptly — and often illegally —...
Don’t let couriers separate you from your money
Every year in San Diego County, senior citizens are scammed out of $100 million by bad actors who trick the elderly into believing any...
How overpaid CEOs hurt uspattern
CEO pay has been skyrocketing for years now, fueled in part by tax cuts for corporations and ultra wealthy individuals. That’s not just unfair...
The greatest threat to Social Security
The last few weeks have been the most destabilizing for Social Security in its 90-year history.
America’s historic retirement security program has survived world wars,...
