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Climate change is here with a vengeance. Flood levels in Europe are at a 500-year high, as vulnerable cities and towns make preparations for recurring deluge. In New York City, new warnings were issued this week about an expanding flood plain on which 800,000 city residents will reside by the mid-2050’s, double the number today,...
The White House recently confirmed that as many as 125,000 individuals and families will lose housing assistance under sequestration – automatic budget cuts – this year alone. This assistance -- Section 8 housing choice vouchers – is what keeps poor Americans from living on the streets.
One of the highest priorities of the Robin Hood Tax Campaign is to build and sustain an economy with decent and affordable housing. The...
Last week Congress debated a House Farm Bill that proposes to cut more than $20 billion in food stamps, a sober reminder of just how pressing the passage of the Robin Hood Tax is for a majority of Americans.
Many families in America would go hungry but for food stamps, which are exempted from the sequestration affecting most federal funding but vulnerable to cuts, nonetheless. The food stamp program, whose official name is the Supplemental...
Last week’s collapse, of a Washington State bridge on Interstate 5 which fell into the water after officials say a truck load clipped the steel truss, is just the latest evidence of the broad demise of the nation’s infrastructure. From bridges to roads, water and sewage systems, to air traffic control operations, the vital undergird of the U.S. is unraveling with lives certain to be lost, public health compromised, and...
