Tag: welfare
States are hoarding $5.2 billion in welfare funds even as the...
Twenty-five years later, however, states are using this freedom to do nothing at all with large sums of the money.
Utah makes welfare so hard to get, some feel they must...
Utah’s safety net for the poor is so intertwined with the LDS Church that individual bishops often decide who receives assistance. Some deny help unless a person goes to services or gets baptized.
How Mitch McConnell’s callous indifference puts ordinary Americans’ welfare at risk
As the COVID-19 death toll mounts, McConnell refuses to advocate for ordinary Americans.
How corporate welfare hurts you
You often hear Trump and Republicans in Congress railing against so-called “welfare programs” – by which they mean programs that provide health...
Trump’s new war
Trump is specifically mounting a war on our country's poor people, though he euphemistically calls it a war of liberation.
Michigan Spent Eight Months Drug Testing The Poor And Found Zero...
Preliminary results from the state's welfare drug testing pilot program found it spent more than $300 but didn't find a single drug user.
One Percenters Get Their Own Special Social Welfare Deal
The IRS took five years to review the Crossroads GPS application for nonprofit social welfare status.
After Bill To Drug Test Welfare Applicants Is Unveiled, Lawmaker Proposes...
“There’s no reason why state legislators should get a pass, simply because we wear suits.”
Corporate Welfare in California
Right now, a grassroots movement is growing of Californians determined to reform this broken commercial property tax system, and who know California needs more stable funding for its schools, libraries, roads, and communities.
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JD Vance hints at Elon Musk’s role in targeting Social Security under Trump’s ‘efficiency’...
Republican vice-presidential nominee J.D. Vance reveals Elon Musk could lead a commission to cut federal spending, with Social Security and the Department of Defense as potential targets. The billionaire’s past decision-making raises concerns about the future of essential programs.
Upstream electrification: A game changer for cutting oil and gas emissions by 80%
Electrifying oil and gas production facilities with renewable energy could reduce emissions by over 80%, offering a path toward climate goals and industry sustainability. But logistical and economic hurdles remain.
Chicago teachers want to transform their city into a ‘system of care’—will Dems go...
Headbutting and friction continue in the battle of big ideas vs. entrenched leadership.
10 worst things about the Trump presidency
We cannot afford to forget just how terrible Trump’s time in the White House was for this nation.
CEO pay soars 1,085% since 1978, workers’ pay stagnates
This widening gap reflects a troubling trend in the U.S. economy, where wealth continues to concentrate at the top, leaving ordinary workers behind.