Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/06/08/defeat-coronavirus-we-need-expand-medicare Published on Monday, June 08, 2020 by Common Dreams Congress must act decisively to guarantee health care to everyone in the country. It should do so on moral grounds, it should do so on public health grounds, … Continued
06-08-20 The richest Americans continue to get richer, while 21 million Americans are on unemployment. BY KRISTIN TOUSSAINT As millions of unemployed Americans bear the brunt of economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, U.S. billionaires have seen the opposite: a massive … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Organizations and individuals can sign on to this letter here: https://bit.ly/JuneSignOnForm by June 12 The COVID-19 crisis is testing our strength as a society. Across faith traditions, we believe that all people have inherent … Continued
Coping With Grief After Community Violence: This Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) tip sheet introduces some of the signs of grief and anger after an incident of community violence, provides useful information about to how to cope with … Continued
Governor Tom Wolf has renewed the 90-day disaster declaration he originally signed on March 6 following the announcement of the first two presumptive positive cases of COVID-19 in the commonwealth. The declaration was set to expire on June 4. All … Continued
The Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) has announced that elementary and secondary schools in the state’s yellow and green phases may resume in-person instruction and activities beginning July 1 under a phased reopening approach that first requires schools to develop … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/06/03/global-meat-giants-fuel-major-future-risk-creating-next-pandemic-investor-group Published on Wednesday, June 03, 2020 by Common Dreams “Factory farming is both vulnerable to pandemics and guilty of creating them.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer A piglet looks out from its enclosure. (PhotoKevin/flickr/cc) Global investor network … Continued
The International Orthodox Christian Charities has produced a Care Calls initiative, which provides a downloadable phone script and other support materials to help guide people through how they can make calls to people to help them feel less isolated during … Continued
The Department of Agriculture has received approval to continue operating the Disaster Household Distribution program, through The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), to provide food to Pennsylvanians adversely affected by COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Originally approved by the USDA on March … Continued
