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You’re paying taxes today—but are billionaires and big corporations dodging theirs?
Affordability | CHILDCARE | Community | ECONOMY | Gander | NATIONAL NEWS | TEXAS | US HOUSE | women's health
Tips to help manage your buy now, pay later loans
| August 5, 2025
Whether you’re a first-time or recurring user of buy now, pay later plans, here are some expert recommendations to use buy now, pay later loans responsibly.
Op-Ed: Congressional cuts feed corporate greed at expense of young people
| May 30, 2025
Affordability | CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | COMMENTARY | ECONOMY | OPINION | TEXAS | Texas Lead Story | TEXAS POLITICS
Through a budget reconciliation process, Congress is working on extending major tax cuts originally passed in 2017 that would primarily benefit corporations and billionaires over young people.
‘Neither work nor home’: Dairy Queens as community hubs in rural Texas
| May 20, 2025
To be sure, the view of Dairy Queen as a community's social hub doesn't ring true as much as it did decades ago, even in rural Texas.
You’re paying taxes today—but are billionaires and big corporations dodging theirs?
| April 15, 2025
Affordability | CHILDCARE | Community | ECONOMY | Gander | NATIONAL NEWS | TEXAS | US HOUSE | women's health
Congress is prioritizing the ultra-wealthy and corporate greed over everyday American people this tax season. Now, community organizations across the US are fighting back—here’s how you can get involved.
‘Some people work their butts off and other people get rich’: Gwen Frisbie-Fulton’s view from rural America
| March 18, 2025
CIVIC ENGAGEMENT | COMMENTARY | Community | ECONOMY | LABOR | NATIONAL NEWS | OPINION | RURAL ECONOMY
My dad raised us to work hard and do good for our families, but he was also going to make damn sure we didn’t step on anyone else along the way.
Women’s clothing is often more expensive — and it’s partly due to tariffs
| March 11, 2025
Donald Trump | ECONOMY | EQUALITY | national politics | politcal | political | politics | Repro Rights | reproduction rights | TEXAS | trump | women's health
Two Democratic members of the House are pushing for a study of ‘pink tariffs.’
Dallas crowned top city for corporate HQ relocations in 2025
| January 15, 2025
Dallas earns the top spot nationwide for corporate headquarter relocations, outpacing other Southern business hubs like Charlotte and Atlanta. Here’s why.
Medical debt will no longer appear on credit reports for all Americans
| January 8, 2025
This new rule will erase an estimated $49 billion in unpaid medical bills from the credit reports of roughly 15 million Americans, according to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. The agency estimates that the new federal rule could help boost consumer credit scores by an average of 20 points.
Sick of hidden fees on concert tickets and hotel stays? A new federal rule bans them.
| December 18, 2024
Now, live event businesses and hotels must clearly list their prices in both their advertising and pricing information.
Harris wants to give workers more rights and expand opportunities for non-college educated workers. Trump’s plans could cost jobs.
| October 22, 2024
Harris has vowed to strengthen workers’ rights, expand financial support for the working class, boost opportunities for non-college graduates, and raise the minimum wage. Trump, meanwhile, has promised to implement tariffs on imports and repeal federal investments in clean energy, both of which would likely lead to job losses.
Kamala Harris proposed a plan to help small business owners. Trump’s plan could send their costs through the roof.
| October 17, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris intends to support small business owners and entrepreneurs by reducing their expenses and increasing their access to capital. Trump’s tariff proposal, however, could cause small businesses’ costs to rise.
Trump’s tariff plan would raise prices and ‘reduce the living standard of Americans,’ economists say
| October 16, 2024
Trump’s plan would effectively be a sales tax that disproportionately harms working-class families and could cause a trade war that hurts US companies, economists say.
Op-Ed: Congressional cuts feed corporate greed at expense of young people
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