by PPJC Admin2 | September 17, 2021 | Current News, Featured, PPJC Picks
By Jake Johnson The decision by Congress and the Biden administration to let pandemic-related unemployment programs expire earlier this month will slash annual incomes across the U.S. by $144.3 billion and significantly reduce consumer spending, the Economic Policy...
by PPJC Admin2 | September 15, 2021 | Current News, Featured, PPJC Picks
by Marc Berman, Assemblymember, 24th District This morning I announced that, as Chair of the Assembly Elections Committee and in partnership with my Senate Elections counterpart Senator Steve Glazer, I will be convening a series of joint legislative hearings in the...
by PPJC Admin2 | September 15, 2021 | Current News, Featured
By Rashmee Roshan Lall, OpenDemocracy.net Despite the outpouring of international sympathy for Afghans who fled their country after the Taliban takeover last month, it’s by no means certain this will translate into receiving the refuge they are entitled to under...
by PPJC Admin2 | September 15, 2021 | Current News, Featured, PPJC Picks
From Defending Rights and Dissent Twenty years ago, a short bill was introduced in Congress. It passed that same day, and was signed by President Bush four days later. It was only 60 words, but it ushered in a 20 year-long global war on terror at home and abroad. That...
by PPJC Admin2 | September 15, 2021 | Current News, Featured, PPJC Picks
Saturday, October 2 Gateway Park, El Camino & Castro, Mountain View 12:00 Noon – Gather and March 12:30 p.m. – Reproductive Rights Rally RSVP Emcee: Judge LaDoris Cordell Mountain View Mayor Ellen Kamei Assemblymember Marc Beerman State Senator Josh...
by PPJC Admin2 | September 15, 2021 | Current News, Featured
By Rebekah Entralgo An estimated 9 million Americans got the rug pulled out from under them over Labor Day weekend as enhanced pandemic federal unemployment benefits expired, leaving millions of families in the lurch during a record-breaking season for COVID-19 cases...
