News Archive
Articles and opinion pieces relating to housing, health care, hunger, jobs and budget priorities.
Nation should spend $720 million a day on ending poverty, not war in Iraq
August 28, 2007
Congress should redirect the $720 million
a day the U.S. is spending on the Iraq war to
programs that reduce poverty at home, urged the
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC),
responding to Census Bureau data released
today.
Quaker Organization Calls on Congress to
Tighten Mine Safety Rules
August 22, 2007
The recent tragedy at the Murray Energy
Crandall Canyon mine in Huntington, Utah,
prompts a renewed call for the vigorous
implementation and enforcement of proposed
mining safety measures, urges the American
Friends Service Committee, a Quaker
organization with a long history of supporting
coal miners and communities.
Election Results Support ‘Moral
Mandate’
November 10,
2006
The winds of change that blew
through the nation’s electorate Tuesday prove
that those calling for an end to poverty wages,
the scapegoating of immigrants, and the
spiraling human and financial costs of the Iraq
war are having a major impact.
New Ruling Undermines Economic Security
October 6, 2006
The recent ruling by the
National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) which
will deny union protection to millions of
American workers.
Voters Should Make Minimum Wage and Tax Breaks for Wealthiest an Election Issue
August 30, 2006
Responding to the release of
new Census Bureau data on U.S. poverty, the
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), an
international social justice organization,
urged Americans to “vote their pocketbooks and
values.”
Quaker Group Urges House To Raise The Minimum Wage
June 21, 2006
If congress deserves a raise,
why don't workers? AFSC urges Congress to raise
minimum wage and reject estate tax cut.
President Bush's New Budget Undermines Basic Values
February 8,
2006
"It is a reproach to religion and government
to suffer so much poverty and excess."
--William Penn, Some Fruits of Solitude, No.
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