From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The federal minimum wage has not received an increase in nearly a decade. At $7.25 per hour, it is now more than 25 percent below where it was in real terms half a century … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Ten years have passed since Congress raised the federal minimum wage to $7.25 per hour, and it has “lost almost 15 percent of its value to inflation” since then, according to EPI’s David Cooper. … Continued
From the National Partnership for New Americans (https://partnershipfornewamericans.org/): USCIS Still Fails to Reduce Growing Backlog of Citizenship Applications Raising Pressure on Eligible Residents to Apply Now WASHINGTON – Citizenship application backlogs remain at record-level highs while processing delays have increased over … Continued
From the Campaign for America’s Future (http://www.ourfuture.org/): Calling for a “complete transformation of our healthcare system,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal officially introduced Medicare-for-All legislation yesterday that experts have described as the most “comprehensive, battle-ready single-payer plan to be released in Congress.” … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): The 2020 Census will be critically important to the future of Pennsylvania, and even a minor undercount would have dire implications that would last for at least a decade. The Commonwealth receives $26 … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): The scientific evidence has been mounting for decades. Recent analyses, including the latest National Climate Assessment and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s most recent report, affirm what we already know: climate change … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Wage inequality is on the rise. This is according to a new report by EPI’s Elise Gould, which analyzes wage trends between 2000 and 2018. According to Gould’s research, since the start of the … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Today (3/8/10, the House of Representatives voted to pass the For the People Act (H.R. 1) in its entirety — the most comprehensive electoral reform bill we’ve seen in decades. That means a majority of House … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): The administration has undertaken a series of attacks against family unity, the diversity visa program, and family-based immigration. The President continues to call for significant cuts to family immigration, which would jeopardize family reunification and … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): National Skip the Straw Day was February 22. At PennEnvironment, we’re celebrating with a pledge to say “no” to single-use plastic products we don’t need, starting with the humble plastic drinking straw. Every individual straw may be … Continued