CLS/DRP File Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional General Assistance Cuts
25 Jul 2019

CLS/DRP File Lawsuit Challenging Unconstitutional General Assistance Cuts

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Posted at https://clsphila.org/news/cls-files-lawsuit-challenging-unconstitutional-general-assistance-cuts On July 22, Community Legal Services (CLS) and Disability Rights Pennsylvania (DRP) filed a class action lawsuit on behalf of almost 12,000 low-income Pennsylvanians who will lose their only source of income once the General Assistance program ends. The … Continued

What Is It About the Poor?
18 Jun 2019

What Is It About the Poor?

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This op-ed by Rev. Sandy Strauss and Kathleen Daugherty (Coalition for Low Income Pennsylvanians) was published on PennLive on Monday, June 17 at https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2019/06/what-is-it-about-the-poor-opinion.html. The Ethic of Reciprocity — often called the Golden Rule — simply states that we are to treat other people … Continued