From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): There’s nothing scarier than a Department of Labor that sides with Big Business and the Chamber of Commerce over working people. And yet, in the first year of the Donald Trump’s presidency, that’s exactly … Continued
From the Community Action Association of Pennsylvania (http://www.thecaap.org): CAAP is pleased to announce that we have created three new videos titled Journey to Self-Sufficiency. We will release one video per week for the next three weeks. In August, CAAP interviewed six … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Thanksgiving is a truly Interfaith holiday that gives people of all faith traditions an opportunity to express gratitude for the bounty on our tables. As we start thinking about gathering our family and friends … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Unbelievable! Last week, five Border Control agents waited outside a hospital room to take Rosa Maria, a 10 year old girl with cerebral palsy who was recovering from an emergency gallbladder surgery, away from her family … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): As attention in Washington, DC this week rightly turns to indictments in the Russia investigation, let’s not forget the over 22 million people still trapped in the worst global refugee crisis in … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In EPI’s Working Economics blog, EPI’s Bivens lauds Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Democratic colleagues in the Senate and the House for pushing meaningful health care reform by introducing the Medicare Drug Price Negotiation … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new paper, EPI’s Josh Bivens provides evidence that corporate tax cuts will not boost American wages and productivity, as claimed by the Trump administration’s Council of Economic Advisers. Bivens finds that wages actually … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Earlier this month, President Trump further sabotaged the Affordable Care Act when he announced would stop making Cost Sharing Reduction (CSR) payments to insurance companies. This is horrible. If this continues, costs for marketplace consumers will … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): There’s a growing threat to workers’ rights that you may not have heard of, but today impacts over 60 million U.S. workers. It’s called forced arbitration. Earlier this month, the U.S. Supreme Court heard … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Hundreds of thousands of mothers who have been living and working legally in the U.S. for decades are right now making the heartbreaking choice of whether to leave their U.S. citizen children with neighbors and friends … Continued