From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): August 22, 2016 | Rebecca Vallas & Jeremy Slevin What’s TANF? In 1996, Congress replaced the New Deal-era Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) with a new program called Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), under … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Urge the U.S. to Lead by Example on Refugee Protection & Resettlement Background: In the lead up to two historic refugee summits organized by the United Nations General Assembly and President Obama, it is … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition (http://www.paforestcoalition.org/): It’s time for our leaders to admit that the Susquehanna is Impaired. The River needs your help. Comment now to DEP. The past five DEP Secretaries have said “we will follow science for this … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-26/civic-engagement/womens-right-to-vote-the-equality-fight-continues/a53746-1 August 26, 2016 – Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Equal rights messages from the suffrage movement still resonate for women today. (George Granthan Bain/Library of Congress) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Women have … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): On August 25, 1916, President Woodrow Wilson created the National Park Service “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the … Continued
From Faith in Place (Illinois Interfaith Power and Light): As the policy director of Faith in Place, the Illinois affiliate of Interfaith Power & Light, I’ve seen how the fossil fuel industry harms the people of Illinois. From high rates … Continued
These links to resources were provided by Aaron Thompson of Open Educators (www.openeducators.org). I’ve heard a lot of news stories about guns lately. What I haven’t seen nearly enough of is information on gun safety. As a mother, I think … Continued
From Interfaith Worker Justice (http://www.iwj.org): Now more than ever, the nation is waking up to the devastating realities of wage theft. In the past two weeks alone, workers recovered, or are in the process of recovering, stolen wages on a … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/08/25/next-reform-welfare-reform/#.V78bEPkrIdU By Deborah Weinstein August 25, 2016 Editor’s note: This Letter to the Editor originally appeared in the Washington Post on August 24. Make sure to also read Debbie’s entry on TANF’s 20th anniversary posted on this blog on August 22. The Aug. … Continued
From the Latin America Working Group (http://www.lawg.org/): After more than 50 years of war and four years of negotiations, the Colombian government and FARC guerrillas have reached a peace agreement. This long-awaited accord ends the longest-running armed conflict in the … Continued