Tag: low-income
Trump administration finalizes plan to change employment standards required by SNAP;...
"This is what cruelty looks like."
House passes farm bill – ‘rewards mega-agribusinesses and Wall Street,’ not...
"The GOP Farm Bill is a disaster for people and the planet."
Federal judge approves affordable housing rule despite Ben Carson’s attempts to...
This is about schools and transportation and doctor visits and grocery stores that people want to be able to access to support their families.
Erie Pennsylvania’s schools are a canary in the coal mine of...
Schools in low-income communities in many states don’t have the resources to give students access to opportunities that are available in wealthier areas.
Mike Pence sees a ‘real opportunity’ to gut health care for...
Trump’s White House will likely go along with efforts to block grant Medicaid.
Tell Republicans In Congress: Don’t Cut Free Lunches For Poor Children
“Students should have more access to federally subsidized breakfast and summertime meals without sacrificing midday meals.”
Aetna Lifts the National Standard for ‘Competitive Wages’
One rare CEO is increasing up to one-third of his employees' pay as well as adjusting its company health plan so lower-income workers can get the same health coverage. Aetna set a new national standard for competitive wages.
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Losing face, losing the base, losing the midterm race—a tidal trifecta
Though daring MAGA lies seem tidal,/ Denying outcomes suicidal.
UN inquiry says Israel deliberately targeted Palestinian children in Gaza
A new UN Commission report details more than 20,000 children killed, tens of thousands injured, attacks on hospitals and schools, and evidence that Palestinian children were treated not as collateral damage, but as targets.
Why Biden’s debate disaster two years ago matters for the future
Looking ahead, a great need will be to overcome the ongoing culture of conformity that so badly damaged the Democratic Party in 2024 and helped Trump get back into the White House.
Addicted to war?
War Fever, Trump-Style.
Bipartisan bill introduced in House to ban use of pesticide paraquat in US agriculture
The bill would "direct the Environmental Protection Agency to cancel all existing paraquat registrations, revoke any tolerances permitting paraquat residue in food, and ban the sale and use of existing stocks upon enactment."