The last “normal” Christmas, December 2019, was the last time I saw my grandma. She was years into an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, and she had to be moved to an assisted livin...
For months, Sen. Joe Manchin’s refusal to sign onto President Joe Biden’s signature Build Back Better bill has subjected the West Virginia Democrat to substantial flak f...
NEW YORK — Emarilis Velazquez is paying higher prices on everything from food to clothing.
Her monthly grocery bill has ballooned from $650 to almost $850 in recent mont...
If you still haven’t gotten a holiday gift for someone — or anyone over the age of 12, for that matter — you’ve come to the right place. As an economist, I can assure yo...
President Joe Biden’s signature economic legislation isn’t dead. In fact, if Democratic Party leaders could only bring themselves to make a few hard choices, Build Back ...
On a dreary morning more than 20 years ago, I was a resident in internal medicine putting in 80-hour workweeks for what amounted to about $5 per hour when I passed throu...
The holidays should be a time for getting together with friends and family, but instead we have a double dose of coronavirus strains — delta and omicron. Whether we are ...
When Westminster United Methodist Church in Houston resumed in-person services late last year, after a seven-month halt due to COVID-19, there were Sundays when only thr...
Over the past few months, Newsweek has been following the progress of a petition from citizens asking Congress to continue sending monthly stimulus checks to Americans f...
Nurses and health care workers across the country are finding strength in numbers and with labor actions not seen in years.
In California, which has a strong union tradi...
