From Community Legal Services (https://clsphila.org/): The Social Security Administration just announced that it wants to change its rules for people who get disability benefits, including SSI. Most people would have to prove disability every two years. Social Security expects to cut off nearly two … Continued
From Lutheran Advocacy Ministry in PA (https://www.lutheranadvocacypa.org/): The Pennsylvania Senate passed a compromise bill that would gradually raise the state’s minimum wage to $9.50 per hour over the next two years. Under the terms of Senate Bill 79, Pennsylvania’s minimum wage … Continued
From Stop the Debt Trap (http://stopthedebttrap.org/): Just after Veterans’ Day, members of Congress introduced the bipartisan H.R. 5050, or the Veterans and Consumers Fair Credit Act of 2019, introduced in the House by Reps. Jesús “Chuy” García (D-IL) and Glenn … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The USDA’s new proposed SNAP rule would cut food stamp benefits from millions of low-income families, exacerbating struggles and causing financial strain. The administration is trying to bypass Congress―sneaking in billions of dollars … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Right now, Congress is looking to add bipartisan tax legislation to the end-of-year budget package. It is imperative that if there is any tax legislation helping businesses and the rich that we also … Continued
by Daniel Taylor, Updated: October 21, 2019 AKIRA SUWA / INQUIRER I ask all the families of my young patients if they are working, staying at home, or in school. I have learned that this inclusive, nonjudgmental question helps me understand family … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Rev. Dr. Liz Theoharis, fellow national co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign (PPC): A National Call for Moral Revival, and Rev. Dr. William Barber recently held a press conference at National City Christian Church … Continued
From Project H.O.M.E. (http://www.projecthome.org): With the passage of HB 33, General (cash) Assistance has officially been eliminated. Everyone who was getting General Assistance has lost their cash assistance as of August 1, 2019 – even if they are disabled and … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/07/maddening-graphic-shows-how-400-richest-americans-paid-less-taxes-any-other-income Published on Monday, October 07, 2019 by Common Dreams “The question of our time is this: will we tolerate it? Or will we take back our democracy from the oligarchs who run this country?” By Julia Conley, … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): Here’s what we know: Official poverty rate went down while median income stayed the same: The official poverty rate fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2018, from 12.3 percent in 2017 … Continued