Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/09/11/medicare-all-and-myth-40-physician-pay-cut A single payer system works by cutting administrative waste, not doctors’ income Published on Tuesday, September 11, 2018 by Common Dreams By Dr. Carol Paris Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) hold signs during an event on … Continued
From the Poor People’s Campaign (https://poorpeoplescampaign.org/): Our children are targets. The Co-Chairs of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, along with poor people, advocates, as well as denominational and national faith leaders are fighting back to … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The administration is launching an attack on common sense environmental standards, rolling back important protections around vehicle emissions that keep our air clean and save us money at the gas pump. The Environmental Protection Agency and the … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): New polling data from the Center for American Progress reveals that a majority of voters have struggled with child care and believe that government has a role to play in solving America’s child … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): Child, Young Adult Poverty Rates Stagnate New Census data paint a bleak picture for low-income families struggling to make ends meet. After several years of sharply declining poverty rates, progress came to a screeching halt in 2017. … Continued
Median household incomes Pennsylvania increased to $59,195 in 2017, up 2% from 2016 according to the latest estimates from U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. The 2017 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates provide data on a variety of economic and … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): With Hurricane Florence on our doorstep, we’ve learned that the administration has diverted $10 million from FEMA ‘response and recovery’ to spend on ICE incarceration. [1] This diversion of precious funding from disaster relief in order … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): At the behest of President Trump, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been working to gut the Clean Power Plan, the first-ever federal standards for global warming emissions from power plants. Now, Acting … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/09/12/scandal-hurricane-florence-barreling-toward-us-document-shows-trump-moved-10m-fema Published on Wednesday, September 12, 2018 by Common Dreams “The administration transferred millions of dollars away from FEMA. And for what? To implement their profoundly misguided ‘zero tolerance’ policy.” By Jake Johnson, staff writer President Donald Trump … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Six years ago, Ford Motor Company was part of a landmark agreement with the EPA, the state of California, and other major automakers to significantly improve fuel efficiency standards and build cleaner cars. Ford’s CEO … Continued