by Tim Wilkins | Jun 13, 2019 | Breakfast
MORNING MESSAGE Jerad Halcott I’m Living Proof The CARE Act Will Save Lives To save lives from our opioid epidemic, we have to meet drug users where they are. I know: I’m living proof. My name is Jerad Walcott, and I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. At ten, I...
by Jerad Halcott | Jun 13, 2019 | Blog, Criminal Justice, Featured, Health, Opioid Crisis
To save lives from our opioid epidemic, we have to meet drug users where they are. I know: I’m living proof. My name is Jerad Halcott, and I live on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. At ten, I was huffing prescription drugs, then I moved on to stronger stuff. At fifteen,...
by People's Action | Feb 6, 2019 | Breakfast
Trump Offers Cold Comfort To Immigrants Trump's speech makes a callous bid for Latino voters. OurFuture: "While Trump didn’t follow his dictatorial instincts in his State of the Union speech to declare an 'emergency' on the U.S.-Mexico border – yet – we know what the...
by Sam Pizzigati | Feb 5, 2019 | Blog
If you worry about inequality, and if you want an end to grand — and dangerous — concentrations of income and wealth, pinch yourself. We have entered a new political moment. Egalitarians have suddenly seized the policy momentum. They have forced onto the nation’s...
by Leigh Friedman | Feb 4, 2019 | Blog, Leigh Friedman
VIRGINIA — People and Planet First leaders gathered to build a long term strategy to grow their base of low-income people and communities of color in the fight for climate justice. Since its founding, People’s Action Institute has been organizing to address the...
