Thanks to our friends at ELCA Advocacy! Improving access to healthcare is one of the advocacy priorities of our Church. Lutheran ministries both here at home and abroad continue to provide health services—including child and maternal health, to those in … Continued
From the Coalition for Peace Action (http://www.peacecoalition.org/): Prof. Elaine Scarry of Harvard, has written a book on the President’s ability to launch nuclear weapons totally on his own authority. It is profoundly undemocratic and contradicts the US Constitution’s balance of … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): Increase in health care premiums will mean any tax cut for middle-income Pennsylvania is washed out; wealthy and corporations reap the benefits. Marc Stier, Director of the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, … Continued
In conversations mapping movement moments and how faith communities can be of use, organizer Elandria Williams used the language of political and spiritual ‘fortification’ as a key need of justice seekers, activists, and spiritually-rooted organizers. Caitlin Breedlove, Auburn’s vice president … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/14/millennials-fall-far-behind-worlds-richest-1-hoard-half-global-wealth Published on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 by Common Dreams 70 percent of the world’s working-age adults have less than $10,000 each By Julia Conley, staff writer Although adults between the ages of 20 and 29 are better … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/14/gop-tax-bill-would-trigger-25-billion-cuts-medicare-warns-cbo Published on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 by Common Dreams Senior citizens’ healthcare spending would be on the chopping block to make up for the $1.5 trillion deficit increase brought on by the House tax plan By Julia … Continued
From Hunger-Free Pennsylvania (http://www.hungerfreepa.org/): Join Hunger-Free Pennsylvania share with Governor Wolf how important the State Food Purchase Program and Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System are to low-income families & individuals in Pennsylvania. Please take a moment to read the message If … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-11-14/civil-rights/pa-supreme-court-orders-gerrymandering-suit-to-proceed/a60267-1 November 14, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window If successful, the lawsuit could change voting district lines before the 2018 election. (Tom Prete/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – A ruling by the … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (http://www.breachrepairers.org/): November 11 was Armistice Day, rebranded as Veterans Day in the 1950s by Ronald Reagan to shift our mourning of the countless lives lost to war to a celebration of the war economy.1 The … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): This Veterans Day, as we honor the courage and sacrifice of the millions who have served the country in the armed forces, we should also recognize that many of these veterans are now struggling … Continued