Progressive Black Christian Feed by IPC

A few weeks ago President Obama had a health care reform conference with Democrats and Republicans to try to reach a bipartisan consensus on a health care reform bill.

read more

In the Long Beach area, a grassroots and coalition campaign is taking place to clean up the air pollution and poverty in the local seaports. The air around the seaports is dirty because port truck drivers earn too little to buy trucks that would belch out fewer diesel particulates, tiny particles that contribute to cancer and asthma.

read more

Lately, a lot of focus has been given to the plight of the big national newspapers that have dominated the media over the past several decades. Part of my work in the library is handling the newspapers that the library subscribes to, and in the past year, several newspapers have folded as a result of declining subscriptions and a younger generation that gets its news from the internet.

read more