From the National Council of Churches (http://www.ncccusa.org): In September President Trump announced that his administration will end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. This program had protected immigrants who were brought to this country by their parents without … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Right now, our communities are facing a heartless campaign to tear families apart by arresting and deporting moms, dads, and young people who have lived in the United States for years. Since September, the … Continued
Posted at https://www.thirdandstate.org/2017/december/state-education-funding-matters-%E2%80%93-tale-two-states-pa-and-nj Posted by Stephen Herzenberg on December 19, 2017 7:59 am A new “big-data” base on U.S. school districts provides new evidence that Pennsylvania has many high-performing schools but many lower-income rural and urban districts that perform less well. A likely … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/12/19/stealing-tips/#.WjlsnFWnEdU By David Elliot December 19, 2017 Advocates for restaurant employees and other tipped workers are speaking out against a proposed rule that would make tips the property of employers, a proposal which opponents fear would lead to significantly … Continued
From Draw the Lines PA (https://drawthelinespa.org/): A defining political challenge facing the United States is the hyper-partisanship that infects its politics. Much of the blame lies with how elected officials of both parties can manipulate their district boundaries to maximize … Continued
Guantanamo Bay is a symbol of our nation’s use of torture, and even today, most of the 41 people still held there have never received a trial or been charged with any crime more than a decade after they were … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): The limitation on the state and local tax deduction in the final GOP tax plan will lead to a tax increase for almost 9% of taxpayers in the Philadelphia suburbs. Those hardest … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Economic observers have become increasingly worried about “secular stagnation”—a chronic shortfall of aggregate demand—fearing that this shortfall will constrain American economic growth in the years ahead. In a new paper, EPI Research Director Josh … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The Trump administration has proposed a rule that would allow restaurant owners to take servers’ tips from them. The rule is being peddled as a “tip sharing” rule, as it would allow employers to … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Two billion dollars in stolen wages were recovered for workers in 2015 and 2016—and that’s just a drop in the bucket. Wage theft is epidemic, and low-wage workers are more likely than others to … Continued