From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): Our nation needs a moral revival. Systemic racism. Poverty. A war economy. Ecological destruction. A distorted national morality. These enmeshed evils are tearing apart the country’s social fabric. That’s why today, poor and disenfranchised people, … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): There’s no easy way to put this. We lost the Senate tax bill vote and it hurts. As the League’s online director, I wanted to thank you for making phone calls and sending emails … Continued
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org): Thank you to everyone who contacted your Senators last week! You raised your voice, and a damaging provision to repeal the Johnson Amendment stayed out of the Senate tax plan. … Continued
From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): Tax reform bills have now passed the House and Senate. These bills treat resources for affordable housing production differently. The Senate Bill retains the Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and Private Activity Bonds … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): (Washington, DC) President Trump has signed a presidential proclamation to diminish the size of Bears Ears National Monument by more than 85 percent, and a presidential proclamation to reduce Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument by about half. With these proclamations, … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/12/04/allowing-muslim-ban-go-effect-us-supreme-court-rules-favor-trump Published on Monday, December 04, 2017 by Common Dreams In a 7-2 decision, justices lift lower-court rulings that had imposed injunction against discriminatory travel and immigration policy By Common Dreams staff A woman wearing a hijab stands … Continued
From Peace Action (http://www.peace-action.org/): The Korean war claimed millions of lives. Yet more than 60 years later, there’s a grave risk that history could repeat itself, only this time nuclear weapons are on the table. Over the weekend, National Security … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Last week, Senator Bob Casey took action to fight climate change and protect public health for all Americans. Senator Casey joined a bipartisan group of 81 lawmakers to urge Secretary of Interior Ryan Zinke … Continued
From the PICO National Network (http://www.piconetwork.org): Congress is about to end the year without a vote on the DREAM Act and legislation to protect TPS holders but is on track to increase the budget for more deportation agents, detention beds … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/12/04/will-pay-children-grandchildren/#.WiV8SVWnEdU By CHN December 4, 2017 Editor’s note: Deborah Weinstein, Executive Director of the Coalition on Human Needs, issued the following statement Monday, Dec. 4 in response to the tax bills passed by the Senate and House: “The Senate and … Continued