Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/03/05/progressive-tax-takes-aim-wall-street-transactions-financial-crashes Published on Tuesday, March 05, 2019 by Common Dreams “In the current moment of surging support for taxing the wealthy, this sensible Wall Street tax may have a good shot.” By Eoin Higgins, staff writer National Nurses … Continued
Rev. Jarrett Kerbel Rev. Jarrett Kerbel is rector of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Episcopal Church in Philadelphia and a member of DTL’s east regional steering committee. “So what is the ‘church’ reason for getting involved?” When a community organizer asks to meet … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): We’re happy to report our 2019 fact sheets showing home visiting availability at the state and county levels, as well as fact sheets and mapping for high-quality, publicly funded pre-k in Pennsylvania are available. … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): We need your help. To protect the Arctic Refuge from oil drilling long term, we must pass legislation to restore protections. That is why Representative Jared Huffman (D-CA) and Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) recently … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): As you know, General Assistance (GA) is under attack in the General Assembly. The bill that would end GA – HB 33 – is up for a vote this Monday in the PA … Continued
From the Citizens Trade Campaign (http://www.citizenstrade.org): Big Pharma has a stealthy plan to keep medicine prices outrageously high by rigging the rules in the revised NAFTA deal. That’s right, the NAFTA 2.0 text that Donald Trump signed late last year … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): With more than 4 in 10 American households—43%—struggling to afford basics like food, housing, health care, child care, and the cost of raising a child growing every year, it’s evident that Congress must … Continued
From GreenFaith (http://greenfaith.org): Thanks to the visionary and fearless leadership of thousands of young people, the Green New Deal is making climate action the priority it needs to be. These young people are terrified about the future and angry that … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): A new Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows that nearly one in three U.S. adults report not taking their medicines as prescribed at some point in the past year because of the cost, and a whopping 86% of … Continued
A version of this article, written by our editor, was published in the March issue of Sojourners magazine. Most Canadians have grown up never having to worry about paying a medical bill. Thanks to their country’s universal healthcare system, everyone gets … Continued