Author Archive

Phara Souffrant Forest

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: Cut out the home care middlemen

Private insurance companies are pocketing millions of dollars intended for home care workers.

Opinion

Opinion

Opinion: The PLAN Act promotes fairness for formerly incarcerated people

The proposed legislation would bring greater transparency to the state licensing process, which is currently discouraging would-be nurses and social workers from entering their fields due to barriers relating to conviction history.

Budget

Opinion

Opinion: Real public safety starts with funding public goods, not police

We can tax the rich and use that money to invest in affordable housing, public transit, free childcare and higher education, and alternatives to incarceration.