Posted at https://www.chn.org/2017/09/01/sad-happen-us-come-together/#.WbFav7KGMdU By David Elliot September 1, 2017 The numbers are staggering: a death toll of 39, rising almost by the hour. Nearly 50,000 homes in Houston alone flooded and uninhabitable. 30 percent of Harris County submerged – an area … Continued
After nearly eight months of an ongoing investigation by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office, information on Christopher Thompkins’ killing by Pittsburgh police remains scarce. Answers, scarcer still. By Emily Beuger and Matt Stroud, American Civil Liberties Union of … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/work-supports/in-focus/d-snap-provides-food-in-time-of-disaster AUG 30, 2017 By Victoria Palacio Tens of thousands of people have been displaced from their homes in the wake of Hurricane Harvey. Houston and the Texas coast are still experiencing severe flooding, with more rain expected in … Continued
Posted at https://www.keystoneresearch.org/publications/research/state-working-pennsylvania-2017 Authors: Mark Price, Stephen Herzenberg Publication Date: August 31, 2017 Read the Press Release Download the full report Download the “Agenda to Raise Pennsylvania’s Pay” Executive Summary A year ago, “The State of Working Pennsylvania 2016” presented data … Continued
The Washington Post “According to a new national survey … a majority of public school parents give higher grades – A’s and B’s – to the traditional public schools in their neighborhoods than they have in years. A majority of … Continued
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 31, 2017) – As Protestants prepare to mark the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, new Pew Research Center surveys show that in both Western Europe and the United States, the theological differences that split Western Christianity in … Continued
From Interfaith Worker Justice (http://www.iwj.org): Labor Day weekend provides a unique opportunity for working people, people of faith and the labor movement to rediscover their common bonds: equality and equity, the Common Good, dignity and respect of all persons, and … Continued
Thanks to Rev. Karl Jones for sharing this important information. From the “About Us” page of their website: National Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (National VOAD), an association of organizations that mitigate and alleviate the impact of disasters, provides a … Continued
Here is something on the lighter side after a week of very heavy hearts over the devastation in Texas (and headed throughout the region) and the threats to DACA and immigrant youth and to the cost sharing for plans under … Continued
Adapted from an alert from the US Conference of Catholic Bishops (Por favor lea esto en Español) The Dream Act of 2017 (S. 1615 / HR. 3440) was recently introduced in Congress as a bipartisan effort. The bills are intended … Continued