First, a Kafkaesque story: After years of struggle, Erie School District faced insolvency, requiring a $14M bailout and a financial administrator to come up with a five-year-plan. The administrator went to work, diving into the fine details of the district’s … Continued
From the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities (http://www.cbpp.org): HARRISBURG – State and local policymakers can take four key steps to better integrate immigrants, including immigrants who are undocumented, into the mainstream economy and foster community well-being, according to a … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Recently the New York Times exposed this administration’s corrupt tactics to justify drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. One brazen example: Instead of generating the projected $1.8 billion in revenue originally touted by … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/08/22/electoral-college-abolitionists-say-court-ruling-shows-why-current-system-terrible Published on Thursday, August 22, 2019 by Common Dreams Case “could spur additional change and additional movement that would in some ways make a solution like the National Popular Vote stronger,” one advocate said By Julia Conley, … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Good news! With pressure from the faith community, Ford, along with Volkswagen, Honda and BMW have finally decided to support a compromise with California and a dozen other states that follow the California Clean … Continued
From the Courage Campaign (https://www.couragecampaign.org/): Over 2.5 million domestic workers across the United States — many of them immigrants and women of color — care for our children, homes, the elderly, and people with disabilities. Yet domestic workers in the … Continued
From the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (http://www.usglc.org/): After weeks of internal negotiations, late last week at an Oval office meeting, the president rejected the proposal by the Office of Budget and Management that would have cut more than $4 billion … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): The “public charge” test refers to the evaluation by federal immigration officials to determine whether a person applying for a visa or green card is likely to rely on government benefits. The final rule, … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): August 22 was Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, marking the fact that Black women must work until August 22 of 2019 (and all of 2018) in order to earn what white men were paid in 2018 … Continued
From Faith in Healthcare (https://faithinhealthcare.org): Most Americans Happy to Switch from Private Plans to Medicare for All A Business Insider poll published earlier this month found that most Americans with employer-sponsored health coverage support switching over to Medicare for All, undermining the right-wing … Continued