April 18, 2013 | Indianapolis Star
Indianapolis Congregation Action Network (IndyCAN)
A new poll shows 76 percent of voters in two Indianapolis-area Indiana Senate districts support paying higher taxes if it means creating a regional transit system.
April 18, 2013 | Chestnut Hill Local
Philadelphians Organized to Witness Empower and Rebuild (POWER)
Rev. Linda Noonan, co-pastor of Chestnut Hill United Church, said even though the airport is far from Chestnut Hill residents should care because “the airport could be our city’s best weapon in the fight against poverty.”
April 16, 2013 | NBC 33
Moving in Congregations Acting in Hope (MICAH), Working Interfaith Network (WIN)
Even though the Governor Jindal's tax plan is dead, faith leaders say there's still work to do.
April 11, 2013 | Jewish Exponent
Some 4,000 people, representing more than 40 Jewish, Christian and Muslim congregations across the city, are to press Mayor Michael Nutter to improve wages for employees at the Philadelphia International Airport.
March 27, 2013 | WKBN 27
Mahoning Valley Organizing Collaborative (MVOC)
The city of Youngstown has a new law to help officials clean up blight without leaving the city to foot the bill.
March 27, 2013 | New York 1
Queens Congregations United for Action (QCUA)
U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks stood before community leaders in the St. Albans section of Queens on Monday to explain how the federal sequestration spending cuts could cripple the Hurricane Sandy recovery effort at home.
March 26, 2013 | The Lens
The Micah Project
The “path to prosperity,” as House Budget Chairman Rep. Paul Ryan calls his plan, slashes more than $4 billion dollars by targeting food assistance, insurance for the elderly and poor, and other vital programs.
March 21, 2013 | Salon
PICO National Network
Organizers of the Loaves and Fishes Day of Action will call on Congress to reject Rep. Ryan's "austerity gospel"
March 20, 2013 | Religion News Service
Surrounded by baskets of fish and bread, with the Capitol at their backs, clergy attacked the Republican budget plan that came before the House Wednesday (March 20).
March 20, 2013 | Arkansas Matters
Clergy across the country are taking part in the "Loaves and Fishes" Day of Action, urging Rep. Ryan and fellow lawmakers to stop "worshiping at the altar of deficit reduction."
March 20, 2013 | ThinkProgress
A collection of faith groups will today hold protest actions across the country calling on Congress to pass a budget that invests in programs to help low-income Americans instead of giving tax breaks to the wealthy and corporations.
March 18, 2013 | The Times Picayune
A group of 250 Louisiana religious leaders gathered at the state capitol building in Baton Rouge to voice their opposition to Gov. Bobby Jindal's proposed tax plan.
March 6, 2013 | The Morning Call
Congregations United for Neighborhood Action (CUNA)
As part of $1 million budget, ANIZDA kicks in $100,000 for employment office.
March 5, 2013 | The Nation
ISAIAH - Minneapolis, St. Cloud, St. Paul
In Minnesota, the shot across the bow took the form of a letter that arrived on February 19. “We are writing to urge you to take both immediate and long-term action,” it began, addressed to the CEOs of Target, US Bancorp and Wells Fargo Minnesota.
March 2, 2013 | The Plain Dealer
No one is talking about a miracle on the Mahoning, but evidence abounds that a new Youngstown is rising from the ashes of the old.
February 28, 2013 | Morning Call
Coalition begins setting up meetings to talk about how project can benefit residents.
February 22, 2013 | East Village Magazine
Rooted in the tenet that government by the people forms the bedrock of democracy, a national network of faith-based community-organizing groups coordinated a non-partisan voter-engagement effort in 2012 that reached 1.6 million people.
February 21, 2013 | Boston Globe
Massachusetts Communities Action Network (MCAN)
Hundreds of high school students from throughout Massachusetts marched from Faneuil Hall to the State House today calling for the restoration of funding for youth jobs and for more businesses to create positions for teens.
January 9, 2013 | Queens Tribune
The Queens community rallied in New York City to demand electricity be restored for the thousands of Rockaways residents still without power in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.
December 3, 2012 | Hispanic Business News
The unemployment rate among young adults in the state has more than doubled over the past decade.
