From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): For Latina Equal Pay Day, can you help us close the gender wage gap by sending a timely note to your lawmakers in Congress at https://action.momsrising.org/sign/LatinaEqualPay2021? It’s mission critical that equal pay becomes a reality for … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/10/21/historic-victory-us-judge-rules-guantanamo-detainees-imprisonment-illegal “This is a landmark ruling. For 20 years, successive U.S. administrations have asserted their right to imprison people indefinitely, without charge or trial.” BRETT WILKINS October 21, 2021 Two weeks after a review board cleared Guantánamo Bay prisoner Asadullah Haroon … Continued
From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): President Biden ran on a promise to tax wealth like work. Closing the Carried Interest Loophole that’s allowing Wall Street money managers to cut their taxes nearly in half would help deliver on that … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Go to https://actionnetwork.org/forms/log-your-call-the-senate-must-pass-the-for-the-people-act to call our senators at 1-833-497-4273 and tell them: No More Excuses — fix the filibuster to save our democracy. Any senator who thinks we can preserve both the filibuster and democracy just got a … Continued
From Everytown for Gun Safety (https://www.everytown.org/): Sign Everytown for Gun Safety’s petition at https://www.dailykos.com/campaigns/petitions/sign-tell-the-senate-to-pass-life-saving-background-checks-legislation Gun sales have surged to unprecedented levels throughout the pandemic, while gun violence continues to ravage our communities. To make matters worse, a loophole in our … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): If passed, our Build Back Better investment agenda will implement a wide range of historic accomplishments. One of the most important features would allow Medicare to directly negotiate drug prices with pharmaceutical companies. This is … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): It’s unconscionable. Even amidst a pandemic, there are still 12 states that have refused to expand Medicaid to low-income adults under the Affordable Care Act. The majority of the over 2 million people who are currently … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): The “Build Back Better” reconciliation bill is our last best chance to secure investments in clean energy, climate justice, and clean vehicles in time to avoid catastrophic climate change. But according to recent news … Continued
CHICAGO (AP) — Royal Smart remembers every detail: the feeling of the handcuffs on his wrists. The panic as he was led outside into the cold March darkness, arms raised, to face a wall of police officers pointing their guns. … Continued
From Housing Alliance of Pennsylvania (http://www.housingalliancepa.org/): We have heard from our partners in Washington, DC that President Biden and congressional leadership are negotiating deep cuts to the bill, and are considering gutting housing from $327 billion to $100 billion or less. We … Continued