On Saturday, January 28, 2017 more than 60 citizens met at the UFWC – Local 655 Hall to discuss the importance of the Patient Protection Affordable Care Act and for individuals to share their personal stories and how they were positively impacted Read More …
Category: Issues
Community Issues
Who Needs Facts? President Trump Stifles Issuance of 2017 Poverty Guidelines
Late every January – as reliable as the buzzards returning to Hinckley, Ohio each March – the revised Poverty Guidelines are published in the Federal Register…until Donald J. Trump became President. As noted in the article below, the Trump administration Read More …
“I Can’t Believe I’m Still Protesting This” – STL Women’s March
St. Louis joined Washington, D.C. in solidarity with sister cities around the U.S. and the world in global protest after the inauguration with the Women’s March on January 21, 2017. It was a beautiful morning in downtown STL drawing a Read More …
How to Own a Planet
You probably didn’t see it. It was a small article in the January 16, 2017 issue of the Post-Dispatch. Half a column. About three inches deep. Back pages. But I suggest you sit down before reading further. OXFAM released a Read More …
New Governor, Same Old Song
So it begins. On his first Monday in office (interestingly, while state government was closed), Missouri Governor Eric Greitens announced $146.4 million in cuts to the current fiscal year budget. Of course, his social media video [https://www.facebook.com/EricGreitens/ ] lays blame Read More …
What Are the New Rules?
My wife and I, with friends, spend part of most Thursday nights playing Trivia at a sports bar. Our team does pretty well, capped by a run of wins before Trivia went on break for the Holidays. The games came Read More …