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Town Hall Meeting on Jobs and the Economy—October 13, Harrisburg

Posted on October 10, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

Everyone is concerned about unemployment, jobs and the need to move ahead. People are hungry for possibilities for the future.   Join us for a Town Hall Meeting on Jobs and the Economy to hear from AFL-CIO, Organizing for America, … Continue reading →

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Urge Congress to Pass the American Jobs Act

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From Half in Ten (http://halfinten.org/):   Earlier this month, President Barack Obama laid out his plan to put America back to work—the American Jobs Act. Tell Congress to pass it now at http://www2.americanprogress.org/p/dia/action/public/?action_KEY=167!   Earlier this month, two contributors to … Continue reading →

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Cutting SNAP/Food Stamp Funding Would Force More Families Below Poverty Line

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org):    (The New York Times, September 14, 2011)   “[G]overnment safety-net programs… are all that is keeping millions from falling into complete despair,” notes this New York Times editorial published in the … Continue reading →

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Obama Jobs Plan Prevents 2012 Recession in Survey of Economists

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

Shared by Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org):   By Timothy R. Homan – Sep 28, 2011 12:00 AM ET   President Barack Obama’s $447 billion jobs plan would help avoid a return to recession by maintaining growth and pushing down … Continue reading →

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Discouraging News on Child Poverty

Posted on September 19, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Children’s Defense Fund (http://www.childrensdefense.org):   By Marian Wright Edelman   Thirteen-year-old Brittanie Potter and her 12-year-old sister Sydney held a bake sale and garage sale at their Marion, Ohio home this summer with a simple goal in mind: … Continue reading →

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For Record Number of Americans, Recession Is Far From Over

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org):   National poverty rate hit 15.1% last year, the highest level since 1993   As the recession took its toll last year, more Americans fell into poverty, saw their incomes decline and … Continue reading →

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Poverty. Just Say It.

Posted on September 16, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

Sunday 21 August 2011 by: Kathy Mulady, Equal Voice Newspaper | News Analysis   Washington – It’s taken a plunging stock market, the deficit debate, foreclosure signs on neighborhood houses and the threat of a double-dip recession to force Americans … Continue reading →

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Urge Congress to Pass the American Jobs Act

Posted on September 14, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From Interfaith Worker Justice (http://www.iwj.org):   America’s unemployed need good jobs so they can feed their families – and the taxes they will pay with the money they earn will help restore the economy of this nation. It is morally … Continue reading →

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Support the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act

Posted on August 12, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Every Child Matters Education Fund (http://www.everychildmatters.org/):   Hats off to Illinois Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, who yesterday introduced the Emergency Jobs to Restore the American Dream Act.  It would put over 2 million people to work for two years, … Continue reading →

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Nearly 5 Million Unemployed Workers Have Dropped Out of the System

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Sandy Strauss

From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org):    Posted in the Huffington Post (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/04/missing-workers-44-millio_n_818314.html), February 4, 2011:   Nearly 5 million jobless Americans no longer searching for employment – discouraged by their unsuccessful job searches – are not counted … Continue reading →

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