Denise Civiletti

There's no money to continue the Affordable Care Act tax credits that allow working people to access health insurance, and no money for food stamps or heating assistance for the working poor, but the Trump treasury department, through new tax rules and regulations can somehow add hundreds of billions of dollars in new breaks for big businesses and investors — ON TOP of the $4 trillion in tax cuts in that "One Big Beautiful Bill" enacted in July.

“Treasury has clearly been enacting unlegislated tax cuts,” said Kyle Pomerleau, a tax economist at the American Enterprise Institute told the NY Times.

And that's illegal. But laws are meaningless now.

How the Trump Administration Is Giving Even More Tax Breaks to the Wealthy The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service are issuing rules that provide hundreds of billions of dollars in tax relief to big companies and the ultrarich.

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An email waiting for me this morning read, "TinCity, as a child I lived there bud forgotten about it until I saw the Article memories thank you I showed it to my grandsons to see how I came up."

The message had me crying pretty hard. I'm currently reading Isabel Wilkerson's excellent book, "The Warmth of Other Suns," which brings to life the history and the people of the Great Migration. There's so much more to learn about those who came to Riverhead to escape Jim Crow oppression and violence in the hope of finding a better life. The stories of their lives need to be told and preserved. Researching and writing "Tin City" opened my eyes to a lot of things, and inspired me to learn more.

Tin City: The story of Riverhead’s forgotten slums Sixty years ago, there were no playgrounds, picnic tables, hiking trails or campsites on the property we know today as Indian Island County Park. In 1964, bulldozers leveled the tin-roofed sheds at…

Honored to be invited to participate in this upcoming panel discussion of journalism ethics with Fred Brown, former national president of the Society of Professional Journalists and an active member of its ethics committee, who guided the modern SPJ Code of Ethics. Presented by the Press Club of Long Island, the local chapter of SPJ on Thursday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. The discussion and Q&A will be moderated by PCLI President Brendan J. O'Reilly. Register for the Zoom link here.

PCLI Presents ‘Navigating Ethical Pitfalls’ on February 16 Some ethical quandaries are thornier than others, and not every journalist will reach the same answer. To help navigate ethical pitfalls, the Society of Professional Journalists […]

PCLI Presents ‘Navigating Ethical Pitfalls’ on February 16 Some ethical quandaries are thornier than others, and not every journalist will reach the same answer. To help navigate ethical pitfalls, the Society of Professional Journalists […]