From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Earlier this month, President Trump further sabotaged the Affordable Care Act when he announced would stop making Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments to insurance companies. This is horrible. If this continues, costs for marketplace consumers will … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): There’s a growing threat to workers’ rights that you may not have heard of, but today impacts over 60 million U.S. workers. It’s called forced arbitration. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Hundreds of thousands of mothers who have been living and working legally in the U.S. for decades are right now making the heartbreaking choice of whether to leave their U.S. citizen children with neighbors and friends … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): A new report issued this week by the U.S. Sentencing Commission confirmed why our federal drug mandatory minimum sentencing laws should be eliminated. The results will not surprise many of you, but we wanted to … Continued
Lawful Permanent Residents in Pursuit of American Dream Disgracefully Delayed by a “Second Wall”, Left Hanging in Limbo for Unreasonable Periods of Time Washington, D.C. – A new report by the National Partnership for New Americans, Building a Second Wall: … Continued
From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): AMERICA WILL BE is a film project documenting how organizers across the country are building the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival to help us become the nation we’ve not yet been. The project emerged … Continued
From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): “The God I believe in and the God in the Bible is one of action, one who defends life and stands against injustice.” —Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis Read this conversation between Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/10/30/these-cuts-hurt/#.Wfd_5ltSwdU By Lecia Imbery October 30, 2017 Congress just passed a budget that calls for massive cuts in human needs programs. The devastating effect these cuts would have on millions of Americans is why CHN is cosponsoring the #TheseCutsHurt … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-10-30/budget-policy-and-priorities/energy-help-for-low-income-pennsylvanians-still-precarious/a60068-1 October 30, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The Weatherization Assistance Program saves households an average of $283 per year. (StockSnap/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. — With cold weather on the way, … Continued
Thanks to the massive public mobilization against Trumpcare, the Republican scheme to strip health care coverage from more than 20 million Americans has collapsed. While some in Congress are fighting to take away healthcare for some, we need to push … Continued