The Trump administration said it would no longer require foreign students to attend in-person classes during the coronavirus pandemic in order to remain in the country. By Miriam Jordan and Anemona Hartocollis Published July 14, 2020|Updated July 15, 2020, 12:46 p.m. ET In a rare and … Continued
From PA Post (https://papost.org/): Gov. Tom Wolf signed two police reform bills Tuesday that require agencies to change how they handle problem cops, including conducting proper background checks of all new hires and creating a database to archive disciplinary rulings of individual … Continued
As jobs vanish, incomes drop, and food prices rise, more Americans are going to bed hungry — and advocates warn that without intervention from Congress, those numbers could increase to a level unseen in modern times. A study from Northwestern … Continued
Now that doctors worldwide have several months of experience treating patients with COVID-19, patterns are emerging, giving clues about how the illness manifests itself. Doctors are seeing more patients with rapid, unexpected development of severe symptoms that have returned (and … Continued
Qualified individuals affected by COVID-19 may be able to withdraw up to $100,000 from their eligible retirement plans, including IRAs, between January 1 and December 30, 2020. These coronavirus-related distributions aren’t subject to the 10% additional tax that generally applies … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): This ghost story is downright terrifying. People can build a DIY gun made from readily available, unregulated parts in just an hour–no background check required. That means domestic abusers, felons, and people intent on hurting others can … Continued
From Heeding God’s Call (http://www.heedinggodscall.org): That was the headline on a powerful Helen Ubinas column in Sunday’s Philadelphia Inquirer. We hope you’ll take a few minutes to read it. It’s possible, if not likely, Helen got the idea for her column from … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/07/14/somethings-gotta-give-here-urgent-action-demanded-23-million-us-families-face Published on Tuesday, July 14, 2020 by Common Dreams “This is madness,” said Diane Yentel of the National Low Income Housing Coalition. “We need a national eviction moratorium and rent relief now.” By Julia Conley, staff writer … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): Betsy DeVos—and members of Congress who do not take action to stop her—are in the process of looting PA public schools by taking federal funding away from the poorest students in the state in … Continued
From Appalachian Voices (http://www.appvoices.org/): Responding to the dire need for economic support caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, federal lawmakers have taken the first step to clean up and reuse old coal sites across the nation. On July 1, the House … Continued