From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): From the March 15th issue of The Atlantic: “Medical debt is a uniquely American phenomenon, a burden that would be unfathomable in many other developed countries. According to a survey published this month in the American Journal of … Continued
Posted at https://faithinhealthcare.org/fhc/beating-pharma-shell-game A trillion-dollar industry is in trouble. And it is fighting back. A Harvard-Politico poll taken after the 2018 elections showed that both Republican and Democrat voters cite prescription drug pricing as the top priority for this new Congress. A new Kaiser Family … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/20/boston-city-council-passes-groundbreaking-food-justice-ordinance Published on Wednesday, March 20, 2019 by Common Dreams “This will have ripple effects throughout the entire nation” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer “In short, the Good Food Purchasing Program helps build the local, sustainable, thriving food … Continued
From PA Schools Work (http://paschoolswork.org/): We are entering the season when discussions about public education priorities start heating up in Harrisburg. Not only will lawmakers be considering issues related to charter and cyber charter school reform, they will also be … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): The Administration is showing signs that it will bend to public pressure on their cruel and inhumane border policies — but we must act now. We need 50,000 signatures this week to reach our goal … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Low-wage workers in states that increased the minimum wage between 2013 and 2018 experienced wage growth at a rate 50 percent faster than those in states with no minimum wage increases. Check out EPI’s … Continued
From Heeding God’s Call (http://www.heedinggodscall.org): Philadelphia: Anyone waking this morning (March 15) seeing top new reports saw two very different, but intimately related, reports: First a horrific one from New Zealand of a monstrous massacre of praying innocents at two … Continued
House Democrats on March 12 unveiled their next big piece of legislation: HR6, or the Dream and Promise Act, which would help provide a clear pathway to permanent residency for an estimated 3.6 million immigrants brought to the US as … Continued
From the Earth Day Network (https://www.earthday.org): Coral reefs support 25% of all marine life with more than one million animal and plant species living in these complex ecosystems. But coral reefs are under serious threat and need your help! This … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2019-03-13/environment/budget-proposal-would-decimate-chesapeake-bay-funding/a65831-1 March 13, 2019 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window In 2018, Pennsylvania received $9,767,480 in Chesapeake Bay Program grants. (Photo @MonkMedium/Twenty20) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Clean-water advocates are calling on Congress to … Continued