As previously discussed in Alliance reports, the housing crisis is over for some, but there are still millions of homeowners across the country struggling to pay off mortgages that are valued at more than the current worth of their homes. When combined with a sluggish labor market forcing many families to make due on lessContinue reading “Tools to Rescue Underwater Homeowners When Outreach Isn’t Enough”
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Grassroots Victory! $15 Minimum Wage Passes in Seattle
The Alliance for a Just Society congratulates Seattle on making history today by unanimously passing a path to a $15 minimum wage – the highest in the nation. Seattle Mayor Ed Murray said he would quickly sign the legislation into law. More than 100,000 workers – disproportionately women and people of color – work minimumContinue reading “Grassroots Victory! $15 Minimum Wage Passes in Seattle”
Facebook’s Changes Hit Community Orgs Where It Hurts. What To Do?
It’s confirmed: if you run a Facebook ‘page’ (for your community organization, for instance), Facebook’s algorithms are holding your constituents hostage until you pay up. Due to unannounced, opaque changes to what items appear in a user’s News feed, Facebook page administrators who don’t pay to upgrade are already experiencing a 75 percent or greaterContinue reading “Facebook’s Changes Hit Community Orgs Where It Hurts. What To Do?”
Expanding Health Coverage with Federal Funds Will Create Economy-Boosting Jobs in Montana
February 2014 Read the full report here.
Expanding Health Coverage with Federal Funds Will Create Economy-Boosting Jobs in Virginia
February 2014 Read the full report here.
Get Real on Job Growth and Expand Medicaid
A new op-ed in the Bangor Daily News, written by Maine People’s Alliance executive director Jesse Graham and Alliance for a Just Society executive director LeeAnn Hall, lays out how the Maine legislature could build more and better jobs simply by accepting federal funds for Medicaid expansion. By Jesse Graham and LeeAnn Hall Special toContinue reading “Get Real on Job Growth and Expand Medicaid”
State of the Union Has the Right Themes, Action Must Follow
President Barack Obama delivered his fifth State of the Union address Tuesday night: low-key compared to other addresses, determined and occasionally defiant. He touched on many of the priorities being worked on by the Alliance for a Just Society this year, including mentioning that nine million Americans have signed up for private health insurance orContinue reading “State of the Union Has the Right Themes, Action Must Follow”
Economic Equality for All, the Unfinished Dream
The young minister paused and looked out at the crowd of thousands, then looked back at his notes stacked neatly before him on the podium. He was searching for just the right words – words that would speak to the indignity of poverty and racial inequality; words that would inspire hope in an hour ofContinue reading “Economic Equality for All, the Unfinished Dream”
Living Wage: A New Battle in the War on Poverty
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”
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”