From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): The first two of these videos are posted at Journey to Self-Sufficiency—CAAP Video Series. CAAP is pleased to announce that we have created three new videos titled Journey to Self-Sufficiency. The final … Continued
The report makes it clear: We have no time to lose. https://science2017.globalchange.gov/downloads/CSSR2017_FullReport.pdf USGCRP, 2017: Climate Science Special Report: Fourth National Climate Assessment, Volume I [Wuebbles, D.J., D.W. Fahey, K.A. Hibbard, D.J. Dokken, B.C. Stewart, and T.K. Maycock (eds.)]. U.S. Global … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-11-07/health-issues/nows-the-time-to-make-health-insurance-decisions/a60173-1 November 7, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Open enrollment ends Dec. 7 for Medicare and Dec. 15 for marketplace insurance. (Rhoda Baer/PA AARPWikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvanians young … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): Congressional leaders just released a new plan to give enormous tax cuts to big companies and the wealthiest Americans. These cuts will be paid for by gutting critical services to poor families in the US and … Continued
From artist Michelle Angela Ortiz: I want to share the video I put together of the creative action against family detention and to shut down Berks. A total of 1600 flowers with messages of freedom were installed in front of … Continued
From GreenFaith (http://greenfaith.org): Over the past five years, people of diverse faiths have raised the bar higher than ever with our environmental advocacy. We’ve met with leaders. Signed petitions. Written letters. Marched and mobilized. We’ve made a real difference. But … Continued
Millions of Americans count on HealthCare.gov for quality, affordable health care. If you or someone you know purchases healthcare through the ACA, it’s time to buy your new plans! Open enrollment is the time each year when individuals can purchase … Continued
From Project H.O.M.E. (http://www.projecthome.org): Send your Member(s) of Congress a message right now at http://action.projecthome.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=1057 asking them to co-sponsor the CHIME Act to demonstrate public support to fix the Health Center Funding Cliff. The Health Center Funding Cliff affects Community … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): New wage data—analyzed by EPI’s Lawrence Mishel and Julia Wolfe—show that wages are trending in the right direction, narrowing ever so slightly the gaping inequalities forged over the last 40 years. Annual wages of … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): November 2 was Latina Equal Pay Day—the day we recognize how far Latina workers still have to go to earn anything approaching the pay of non-Hispanic white men. EPI finds that Latina workers are … Continued