Affordability

Houston has made national headlines for reducing homelessness — but keeping people housed is the next test.

Jan 16 | U.S. health care spending now equals 18% of GDP. As ACA subsidies expire, premiums rise, coverage drops, and costs surge, experts examine drivers of affordability and solutions to widening health care access gaps.

With fewer jobs and fears of immigration raids, farmworkers in the Central Valley are increasingly reliant on food aid and other support services.

Working-class South Asian organizers power Zoran Mandani’s historic NYC mayoral bid, transforming identity into solidarity, and a grassroots movement into real political power.

Once a refuge for the American dream of homeownership, Hayward has become a testing ground for California’s housing crisis.

Starting Jan. 1, 2026, California will sell its own insulin pens at dramatically reduced prices — just $11 each — under Gov. Newsom’s CalRx plan to make healthcare affordable.

Bernie warns that billionaires run America, but insists change is possible through grassroots campaigns, affordable healthcare, and a new set of democratic priorities.

Health insurance premiums for millions of Americans will double this fall as ACA tax credits expire. Republicans say Democrats caused a shutdown over the issue.

“Much of this is self-inflicted. If we turn the page on tariffs by locking them in or by rolling them back, I think the economy would slowly start to recover. But there's been no signals of Trump changing his tune.” — Stanford economist Dr. Neale Mahoney.

As Medicaid turns 60, the U.S. faces the largest federal health care subsidy rollback in its history.

Zohran Mamdani’s youth-powered primary win shook NYC politics. These videos capture him in a key interview, a news analysis, a celebratory video collage, and hip-hop throwbacks from his early days.