From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s happening. Again! And it’s not good. I’m talking about Black Women’s Equal Pay Day – August 7th. This is the day that lifts up the outrageous fact that Black women in the United States earn … Continued
The Guardian, July 29, 2018 While the unemployment rate has fallen to 3.8 percent, stagnant wages and “vanishing job benefits,” combined with growing numbers of contract workers without job security and “an army of part-time workers desperate for full-time jobs” … Continued
Wall Street’s Washington cronies are trying to out-do themselves with their latest legislative proposal. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-Texas) has introduced a bill that would eviscerate critical financial regulations designed to restore balance to our rigged financial system. That bill, the … Continued
Posted at https://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2018/survey-nearly-two-thirds-of-americans-oppose-cuts-to-snap-program.html July 25, 2018 MAJORITIES ALSO SUPPORT INVESTING RESOURCES IN NEW FARMERS A majority of registered voters oppose recent efforts to scale back Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits and believe the government should be doing more to … Continued
From National Employment Law Project (http://www.nelp.org/(: At a time when highly profitable corporations should be making it a priority to improve worker pay, a new report from NELP and the Roosevelt Institute finds that U.S. corporations spent most of their … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The top 1 percent of families in the United States took home, on average, 26.3 times as much income as the bottom 99 percent in 2015, according to a new EPI report by Estelle … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/07/27/every-person-count-counted/#.W19x4NVKgdU By David Elliot July 27, 2018 This week, 131 groups, including the Coalition on Human Needs, joined two lawsuits aimed at preventing the U.S. Commerce Department from including a citizenship question in the 2020 Census. The moves come … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): This week the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC) released “The People’s Budget” as a budget alternative for fiscal year 2019. New EPI Policy Center analysis shows that The People’s Budget would raise wages and put … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-07-24/poverty-issues/wealth-gap-skyrocketing-in-pa/a63438-2 July 24, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Since 1973, the top 1 percent’s income has grown nine times faster than for the bottom 99 percent. (pxhere) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Last week, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee held a very important hearing on paid family and medical leave. [1] That the hearing even happened is a huge testament to the relentless work of MomsRising members like … Continued