by PPJC Admin2 | July 28, 2023 | Opinion
Two years after the first payments went out, what have we learned from the prematurely abandoned Child Tax Credit expansion? Millions of children were lifted above the poverty line and racial inequities among poor children began to narrow. By Shailly Gupta Barnes...
by PPJC Admin2 | July 19, 2023 | Opinion
The “Housing is a Human Right Act of 2023” introduced in Congress this past March would provide over $300 billion for housing infrastructure and combating homelessness. And California could become the first state to legally recognize a right to housing. By Farrah...
by PPJC Admin2 | July 13, 2023 | Opinion
Americans are paying a harsh price for a Supreme Court without legitimacy. And how long can a court without legitimacy command our obedience? By Mitchell Zimmerman OtherWords An older generation remembers President Richard Nixon desperately insisting, during the...
by PPJC Admin2 | May 29, 2023 | Opinion
We are not in a conventional shooting war, but we are behaving as though we don’t care if we fall into one. Our men and women in uniform deserve better. By Juan Cole Middle Eastern and South Asian History, University of Michigan On Memorial Day, the United States is...
by PPJC Admin2 | March 27, 2023 | Analysis, Opinion
“President Biden campaigned in 2020 on a promise to declare a policy of no first use of nuclear weapons. He should keep that promise, and the world should demand the same commitment from Putin.” ~ Daniel Ellsberg By Norman Solomon RootsAction.org The...
by PPJC Admin2 | March 22, 2023 | Opinion
On World Water Day, policy makers have a job to do. Water isn’t a commodity to be sold to only those that can pay. It’s a basic right our government must provide to all residents. By Monica Lewis-Patrick and Susana De Anda Common Dreams More than a decade...