Melody Warnick wrote this article for Daily Yonder. Melody is a freelance journalist who lives in Blacksburg, Virginia. She is author of This Is Where You Belong, a book described as “a practical guide to loving the place you live.”
The senator criticizes lawmakers for prioritizing the military-industrial complex over working families as the Senate advances a near $1 trillion defense budget.
Twelve Republican-led states face a January 1 deadline to join the Summer EBT program, a lifeline for millions of hungry kids, as advocates urge governors to act amid rising food insecurity and economic challenges.
Lawmakers created a new type of Medicare tax to capture the kinds of income the rich often enjoy, but a host of billionaires have managed to avoid paying it.