Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/09/fathers-unemployment-taking-huge-toll-on-children/#.WRMepPkrIdU By Andrew L. Yarrow May 9, 2017 This piece was originally published by the San Francisco Chronicle on April 27. [Photo Credit: Caribb via Flickr] “After I got divorced in 1999, I had custody of my kids, but I went out … Continued
In a 2015 ACLU-PA report — Guilty Property: How Law Enforcement Takes $1 Million in Cash from Innocent Philadelphians Every Year — and Gets Away with It — we argued for specific reforms to fix Pennsylvania’s broken and unfair civil … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/01/head-smacker-misnamed-working-families-flexibility-act/#.WQiRbPkrIdU By Lecia Imbery May 1, 2017 Bills in Congress are named by those who write them, which means the name can sound good even if the bill actually does the opposite of what the title implies. That’s the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/26/because-its-time-new-radical-ideas-ted-talk-universal-basic-income-gets-thunderous Published on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 by Common Dreams ‘Just imagine how much talent we would unleash if we got rid of poverty once and for all,’ said historian Rutger Bregman during talk By Andrea Germanos, staff … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/28/head-smacker-trump-plan-slashes-taxes-companies-already-dodging-taxes/#.WQiGBvkrIdU By Melissa Roark April 28, 2017 On April 26, the Trump Administration released a barebones outline of a tax agenda that would slash taxes on corporations and wealthy individuals. The plan would cut the tax rate by almost 60 percent … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/27/fight-15-advocates-rally-increase-federal-minimum-wage/ By David Elliot April 27, 2017 Dorothy Staub cherished her job as a caseworker with the National Guard in Erie County, Pennsylvania. She helped veterans handle a wide array of problems, ranging from financial difficulties to mental and … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/26/22-dems-supporting-sanders-15-minimum-wage-bill-and-24-who-arent Wednesday, April 26, 2017 by Common Dreams “Just a few years ago, if you were to say that we need to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour, many people would say, ‘You’re crazy!’” By Deirdre … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/april/attacks-public-sector-workers-hurt-working-people-and-benefit-rich Apr 22, 2017 01:47 pm | Stephen Herzenberg Republican lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House and Senate continue to promote bills that would reduce the power of public sector unions by undercutting them financially. These bills would make … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/13/must-invest-housing/#.WO-NcPkrIdU By Deborah Weinstein April 13, 2017 It really was great news that Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond’s urgent wake-up call about the gross injustice of evictions, won the Pulitzer Prize. The painful reality of housing … Continued