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‘Solidarity Fast’ This Week in Support of UMPC Workers
UPMC workers are organizing a weeklong fast at the doorsteps of Pittsburgh’s largest employer to speak truth to power and show their determination for winning a union and a decent standard of living....
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Meet the Preacher Behind Moral Mondays
Coming to Beaver County in June, The Reverend William Barber is charting a new path for protesting Republican overreach in the South—and maybe beyond. By Lisa Rab Beaver County Blue via Mother Jones...
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Income Gap Widens as American Factories Shut Down: the Case of Reading, PA
Beaver County Blue via AP June 15, 2014 – READING PA – In August 2008, factory workers David and Barbara Ludwig treated themselves to new cars – David a Dodge pickup, Barbara a sporty Mazda 3. With...
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Five Ways Wall Street Continues to Screw Up the Economy for the Rest of Us...
By Robert Kuttner Beaver County Blue via Huffington Post July 2, 2014 – The shocking thing about the financial collapse of 2008 is not that Wall Street excesses pushed us into the worst economy crisis...
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Beaver County Still Battling Poverty Problem
Pickup day at a food pantry By J.D. Prose Beaver County Times Sept 28, 2014 – Pastor Avril Vreen doesn’t need newly released data from the U.S. Census Bureau to tell her that poverty is a problem in...
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Oct 27: ‘Moral Monday’ Rally at the Courthouse Monday Evening!
From Tina Shannon: Friends, Monday, October 27th, is a big day for Beaver County. It’s the day we’ll have our first Moral Monday rally at the Beaver County Court House. At 6:00 PM we’ll all gather on...
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Beaver County Aid Providers Experience Tough Decisions During Poverty Simulation
Poverty Simulation A poverty simulation experience presented by Aliquippa Weed and Seed, in conjunction with the Franklin Center’s Disproportionate Minority Contact Project, was held Friday at the...
View ArticleTrump Administration’s Snap Change Is ‘Cruel And Mean-Spirited’
Wolf’s State Human Services Secretary Denounces Measure By J.D. Prose Beaver County Times Sept 23, 2019 – Calling the Trump administration’s proposed changes to a federal food assistance program “cruel...
View ArticleAug 24 March Gathering New Energy: Help Us With The Buses!
by Tina Shannon, President PA 12th CD Chapter, Progressive Democrats of America July 24, 2013 Friends, You’ve probably all heard about the 50th Anniversary March on Washington by now. At first it...
View ArticleNation’s Supermarkets Fall Short of Promise to Combat ‘Food Deserts,’...
By Kyle Lawson Beaver County Times Aliquippa resident Taishawn Harris said she’s satisfied with the selection and prices at the new Aldi store on Shaffer Road. The challenge is getting there. “It’s...
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