Leading off:
Pink-faced Muppet Lily, whose family deals with food insecurity, will join Big Bird, Elmo and other favorites on a one-hour prime-time special featuring country star Brad Paisley and his wife Kimberly Williams Paisley called "Growing Hope Against Hunger," to air Oct 9. The new Muppet will bring awareness to the ongoing hunger struggles that families face in the United States, the show said. "Food insecurity is a growing and difficult issue for adults to discuss, much less children," the Paisleys said in a statement.
The new Muppet will bring awareness to the ongoing hunger struggles that families face in the United States, the show said.
"Food insecurity is a growing and difficult issue for adults to discuss, much less children," the Paisleys said in a statement.
Filed under: Good they're doing it, sad it's necessary.
“Many of my family members have been laid off,” Renae said. “Some of them have been out of work for two or three years. There are no jobs.” Renae, who teaches U.S. government, sees the protests as connected to her work. “Here I am telling these kids about government and democracy- am I not supposed to be a citizen with a voice?”
Renae, who teaches U.S. government, sees the protests as connected to her work. “Here I am telling these kids about government and democracy- am I not supposed to be a citizen with a voice?”
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One union, the United Transportation Union, has already accepted a contract, but several others are refusing health care concessions in that contract.
Actors’ Equity (AEA) and the Broadway League—the national trade association for the Broadway and touring industry—have reached a tentative four-year contract, both sides announced today. AEA Executive Director Mary McColl says the tentative deal is “a win for Equity members, League members and the theater-going public.”
AEA Executive Director Mary McColl says the tentative deal is “a win for Equity members, League members and the theater-going public.”
Via Roberton Williams over at TaxVox, I see that House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has a surprising objection to President Obama’s American Jobs Act (AJA) and its pay-fors: it will hurt soup kitchens and Americans living in poverty. How? By taxing upper-income individuals, of course. Thank goodness compassionate conservatism isn’t dead.