From Americans for Financial Reform (http://www.ourfinancialsecurity.org): Forced arbitration is an unfair tool that rigs the system in favor of corporate interests and against average people. Arbitration is a privatized secret “justice” system that heavily favors corporations and makes it difficult for people … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): From February 15-22 we are asking people to contact their legislators in Harrisburg and asking them to raise the minimum wage. To easily send an email to your legislator through the Pennsylvania … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): At a time of pandemic, recession, public lynchings, and uprisings for racial justice, our nation is at a crossroads. The mounting stress and economic fallout from COVID-19 and racial turmoil are widening the equity gap for young … Continued
Sign the petition to Congress at https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/forms/sign-the-petition-to-congress-save-the-usps-and-provide-services-to-all-pass-the-postal-banking-act: Save the USPS and provide services to all! Pass the Postal Banking Act. It’s time to immediately address attempts to dismantle the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). An immediate step in the right direction, … Continued
WASHINGTON — The White House Tuesday released a fact sheet indicating that President Joe Biden will sign an executive order directing federal agencies to review Trump public charge regulations that have effectively denied millions in immigrant families health care and … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): What’s happening For more than a decade, the federal minimum wage has not budged from $7.25 an hour. The Raise the Wage Act, introduced in the House Tuesday, would gradually raise the federal minimum wage to … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): As has become tradition, Oxfam released our Inequality report during the annual World Economic Forum meeting at Davos where many of the world’s top leaders from government, civil society and business usually gather. This year’s report, The Inequality … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/): As people of moral conscience we must come together and support a policy agenda that centers the needs of poor and low-income people. We know that in order to heal this nation we must … Continued
The Poor People’s Campaign witnessed with heavy hearts the events of January 6th, when a mob emboldened by hate, lies, and racism laid siege to the US Capitol and other state capitols across the country in an attempt to subvert … Continued
Published on Saturday, January 02, 2021 by Inequality.org Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2021/01/02/2021-lets-ring-global-alarm-inequality-everyone-can-hear Our task ahead: preventing a deeply unequal world from recreating pre-pandemic business as usual. By Sam Pizzigati Food Bank for New York City hosts a food distribution pop-up in … Continued