| Apr 3, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Featured|Rights / DemocracyI spent my first birthday in a shelter. Decades later, after doing all I was supposed to do to lift myself up out of poverty, I’m sofa hopping with my children. I live in Las Vegas, where I work on a program helping low-income women and children find support to keep a...
| Feb 21, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyEach year many Americans pay a steep cost when doing their taxes. It’s not just the money people shell out to use software to file taxes online, but also the time spent and the stress that comes with worrying an honest mistake will be held against them. Luckily,...
| Jan 17, 2024 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyFrom childhood on, I’ve spent my life haunted by the ghost of poverty. A myth exists in America that financial well-being follows if we just work hard and make good choices. But it’s not that simple. At some point, most of us face unforeseen obstacles — from physical...
| Oct 26, 2023 | Economy / Business|HP Subfeatured|Rights / DemocracyIn 2020, U.S. households annually making over $1 million faced fewer tax audits than households with incomes low enough to qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit. That had never happened before. In part, you can blame the Trump administration. But conservatives in...
| Sep 27, 2023 | Economy / Business“I’ve seen lots of funny men,” Oklahoma troubadour Woody Guthrie once sang about outlaws. “Some’ll rob you with a six gun / Some with a fountain pen.” That could apply today to Clayton Bennett, a multimillionaire Oklahoma City banker who’s regularly wielded his...
