Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/14/millennials-fall-far-behind-worlds-richest-1-hoard-half-global-wealth Published on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 by Common Dreams 70 percent of the world’s working-age adults have less than $10,000 each By Julia Conley, staff writer Although adults between the ages of 20 and 29 are better … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/11/14/gop-tax-bill-would-trigger-25-billion-cuts-medicare-warns-cbo Published on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 by Common Dreams Senior citizens’ healthcare spending would be on the chopping block to make up for the $1.5 trillion deficit increase brought on by the House tax plan By Julia … Continued
From Hunger-Free Pennsylvania (http://www.hungerfreepa.org/): Join Hunger-Free Pennsylvania share with Governor Wolf how important the State Food Purchase Program and Pennsylvania Agricultural Surplus System are to low-income families & individuals in Pennsylvania. Please take a moment to read the message If … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-11-14/civil-rights/pa-supreme-court-orders-gerrymandering-suit-to-proceed/a60267-1 November 14, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window If successful, the lawsuit could change voting district lines before the 2018 election. (Tom Prete/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – A ruling by the … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (http://www.breachrepairers.org/): November 11 was Armistice Day, rebranded as Veterans Day in the 1950s by Ronald Reagan to shift our mourning of the countless lives lost to war to a celebration of the war economy.1 The … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): This Veterans Day, as we honor the courage and sacrifice of the millions who have served the country in the armed forces, we should also recognize that many of these veterans are now struggling … Continued
Next Avenue, November 10, 2017 Food insecurity is an issue for veterans, particularly older veterans. To combat this issue, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently introduced a first-of-its-kind program that will “screen all vets who visit its health care … Continued
The Hill, November 3, 2017 Tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations are once again eclipsing the needs of families struggling to put food on the table. The authors of this op-ed — a pediatrician and health economist at Children’s … Continued
Dr. James Hansen and his granddaughter, Sophie Kivlehan, confront the leaders of the world with the truth of the burden they have placed upon young people. You will find this Climate Matters show, videotaped at COP-23 in Bonn, Germany, to … Continued
Posted at https://www.au.org/blogs/wall-of-separation/changing-the-johnson-amendment-could-shift-billions-of-dollars-from Scroll down for action. Nov 7, 2017 by Rokia Hassanein in Wall of Separation Yesterday, the House Ways and Means Committee began preliminary discussion over the new tax bill, which includes language that severely weakens the Johnson Amendment, a provision … Continued