by People's Action | Mar 14, 2019 | Breakfast
Black Caucus, Progressives Back Warren Housing Bill Warren’s affordable housing bill is now backed by Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib. Boston Globe: "Senator Elizabeth Warren is reintroducing her ambitious legislation to create millions of new affordable housing...
by People's Action | Mar 13, 2019 | Breakfast
New Budget Includes Massive Cuts To HUD New HUD budget proposes massive cuts to affordable housing programs. ThinkProgress: "The federal government would largely abandon its longstanding commitments to keeping the poorest people in the country off the streets if...
by People's Action | Mar 12, 2019 | Breakfast
White House Wants 'Medicare For Less' Medicare-for-all v. Medicare-for-less: Trump’s proposed cuts put health care at center of 2020 race. WaPo: "A new proposal by President Trump to slash Medicare spending puts Republicans in a political bind ahead of the 2020...
by People's Action | Mar 11, 2019 | Breakfast
Trump Budget To Slash Social Spending The real national emergency is not at the border. CNN: "Unlike Donald Trump's manufactured crisis and his vanity wall at the Mexico border, severe income inequality and economic greed are true national emergencies. Still, the...
by People's Action | Mar 8, 2019 | Breakfast
Why International Women's Day Isn't Going Away Why International Women’s Day isn’t going away. NYT: 'After a series of historic firsts and long-overdue breakthroughs, 2018 was called “the Year of the Woman.' A record 36 women won seats in the United States House of...
