Fifty years after President Lyndon Johnson announced a War on Poverty in America, more than 46.5 million people in our country, about one out of every seven, still struggle to get enough to eat or have a place to live. The U.S. Census Bureau shows that for people of color, the poverty rate is evenContinue reading “Living Wage: A New Battle in the War on Poverty”
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New York Must Do More to Address Health Disparities
Building on New York State’s success in enrolling nearly a million New Yorkers in health insurance, a new report makes recommendations on how to continue improving health care by aggressively addressing health disparities in the coming years. New York State of Health, the new health insurance marketplace created under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), isContinue reading “New York Must Do More to Address Health Disparities”
Changes in Rules Mean Big Wins for the Alliance
Conservative intransigence — on issues as wide-ranging as appointing a permanent nominee for the Federal Housing and Finance Authority (FHFA) to implementing key components of the Dodd Frank Financial Reform law — prompted Sen. Harry Reid and Senate Democrats to change the Senate rules around cloture. Previously requiring a threshold of 60 to proceed withContinue reading “Changes in Rules Mean Big Wins for the Alliance”
2013 Job Gap Coverage
Please check back periodically for recent coverage on our 15th annual Job Gap Report, “America’s Changing Economy: Searching for Work that Pays in the New Low-Wage Economy.” Living wage job gap calls for charting a new course for U.S. economy December 11, 2013, The Hill Why A ‘Living’ Wage Doesn’t Add Up December 9, 2013,Continue reading “2013 Job Gap Coverage”
2013 Job Gap Report Released Nationwide
Fast food workers are taking to the picket line throughout the country. SEIU and other unions are helping these efforts, but many strikes are happening in places without any union presence. Low-wage work is simply not enough for families and individuals to thrive, to plan for their future, and most times, simply not enough toContinue reading “2013 Job Gap Report Released Nationwide”
Sins of Omission Hurt Workers of Color
The U.S. has made a dangerous shift to a low-wage economy where people of color disproportionately hold low-wage jobs. Coupled with an expanding Job Gap in many states, Jobs created by infrastructure investments generally pay relatively well and are accessible to individuals without a college education. Adhering to federal contracting rules and can ensure an increaseContinue reading “Sins of Omission Hurt Workers of Color”
Sins of Omission Hurt Workers of Color
The U.S. has made a dangerous shift to a low-wage economy where people of color disproportionately hold low-wage jobs. Coupled with an expanding Job Gap in many states, Jobs created by infrastructure investments generally pay relatively well and are accessible to individuals without a college education. Adhering to federal contracting rules and can ensure an increaseContinue reading “Sins of Omission Hurt Workers of Color”
The Realpolitics of Baker, Montana: Grassroots and Integrity Move the Local Elections
By Sheena Rice, Montana Organizing Project. (posted by David Fleishman) Depending on whom you ask, Baker Montana is either in the middle of nowhere or in the middle of the everything. Although for the answer to be the latter, you would need to be asking someone from Baker. A community of 1,800, Baker isContinue reading “The Realpolitics of Baker, Montana: Grassroots and Integrity Move the Local Elections”
The Realpolitics of Baker, Montana: Grassroots and Integrity Move the Local Elections
By Sheena Rice, Montana Organizing Project. (posted by David Fleishman) Depending on whom you ask, Baker Montana is either in the middle of nowhere or in the middle of the everything. Although for the answer to be the latter, you would need to be asking someone from Baker. A community of 1,800, Baker isContinue reading “The Realpolitics of Baker, Montana: Grassroots and Integrity Move the Local Elections”
The Symposium in Review: #CellBlocks and #Borderstops… #Human Beings
Re-Posted from the Institute for Pragmatic Practice (www.pragmaticpractice.org) In the last four decades, mass incarceration and immigration control in the United States has skyrocketed. Our nation has become an engine that pulls people from their communities, removing them from the very fabric that gives them their humanity. Over-policing of everyday lives has made the simpleContinue reading “The Symposium in Review: #CellBlocks and #Borderstops… #Human Beings”