From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): Earlier this month, Republican leaders in the state House of Representatives muscled through their own version of a budget for next year that makes across-the-board cuts, with particularly deep reductions in childcare … Continued
From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (http://www.itep.org/): Every year around Tax Day, ITEP updates some of its key reports to help put the nation’s tax system in proper context. This year, as people around the country march to … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): A January report by the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice summarizes key points and recommendations from a meeting of survivors, scholars, and activists examining how criminalization impacts the lives of black … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): “There is no single explanation” for the racial disparity in exonerations, according to a recent report by the National Registry of Exonerations, covered by CNN. African Americans constituted 47% of the 1,900 exonerations listed in … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/14/strong-foundations-the-economic-futures-of-kids-and-communities/#.WPYP5_krIdU By Lecia Imbery April 14, 2017 “Our young people are the future, and we all want them to have the support they need for successful and fulfilling lives. As a central banker, I recognize the benefits to the broader … Continued
From UUPLAN (http://www.uuplan.com/): UUPLAN will host a Lunch and Learn about creating safe, stable, sustainable jobs in renewable energy on April 19th in Hearing Room 2 of the North Office Building from 11am-1pm. Both the House and the Senate are … Continued
From the Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): We grouse about gerrymandering just about every week, but not as side-splittingly as John Oliver did last Sunday on HBO’s Last Week Tonight. “Election results should not be the results of politicians’ crazy lines,” … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): At this time more than 20 million people are facing starvation as famine looms in Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria, and has already been declared in parts of South Sudan. The United Nations has warned that the world … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): I’m the Mayor of Lancaster, and one of the toughest and most heartbreaking challenges I face is gun violence. So, working with city council, we’ve passed some ordinances we think help make Lancaster safer, like requiring people … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/13/must-invest-housing/#.WO-NcPkrIdU By Deborah Weinstein April 13, 2017 It really was great news that Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond’s urgent wake-up call about the gross injustice of evictions, won the Pulitzer Prize. The painful reality of housing … Continued