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		<title>ICAN Releases Idaho’s Payday Lending Industry Report</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:29:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fernando Mejia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[From our affiliate Idaho Community Action Network: On Monday, Jan. 16 2012, during a protest on EZ MoneyPayday Loans at EZCORP 2911 W. State Street in Boise, members of the Idaho Community Action Network released a report titled “Predatory Lenders Trap Idahoan’s in a Cycle of Debt.” According to the report, Idaho families are: “increasingly struggling to make ends meet. Affordable<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2940/ican-releases-idahos-payday-lending-industry-report/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Keep Five Million Immigrant Children Out of Poverty</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:04:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fernando Mejia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Reform Immigration For America: It was only a few years ago that Congress changed the eligibly of a special tax credit for American families, to include undocumented parents with citizen children. This refund, known as the Additional Child Tax Credit, has granted over 2 million families a financial break on the money spent caring for their children. Now, in attempts to<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2937/keep-five-million-immigrant-children-out-of-poverty/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Matters to Idaho</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 00:06:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Chinitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Pubs]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This month, the Alliance for a Just Society, Idaho Community Action Network, and Consortium for Idahoans with Disabilities released Medicaid Matters to Idaho: Real Stories, Real Impacts, Real Communities. This publication describes the human and economic costs of Medicaid cuts and Idaho and shares the stories of Idahoans across the state whose lives and well-being of this program.]]></description>
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		<title>Small Businesses Unite Against Citizens United Decision</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:26:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Blair</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[small business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Two years ago on January 21, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down its ruling in the controversial Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission case. In a divided 5-4 decision, the majority ruled that corporations are free to spend unlimited sums of money in our country’s elections. There’s been plenty of debate about what this ruling means for our elections and<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2925/small-businesses-unite-against-citizens-united-decision/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>ICAN Applauds Obama Administration’s Proposal to Keep Families United</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2914/ican-applauds-obama-administrations-proposal-to-keep-families-united/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=ican-applauds-obama-administrations-proposal-to-keep-families-united</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 22:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Fernando Mejia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victories]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Alliance affiliate Idaho Community Action Network today applauded the Obama Administration’s proposed rule change allowing spouses and children of U.S. citizens to stay together in the United States while family members work to gain permanent U.S. residency.   “Keeping families together is one of our greatest values in this country, and the Obama administration is moving in a positive direction<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2914/ican-applauds-obama-administrations-proposal-to-keep-families-united/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Health Care 2011:  Year in Review</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2903/health-care-2011-year-in-review/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=health-care-2011-year-in-review</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:19:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Danisha Christian</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[immigration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[language access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[victories]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The election in November of 2010 shifted the political ground both in D.C. and in many state legislatures. These political changes brought efforts to repeal the ACA and to reduce the national commitment both to Medicaid and to critical programs funded as a part of reform. The efforts by the political right to reset the national agenda challenge every gain<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2903/health-care-2011-year-in-review/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>MT Supreme Court Upholds Ban on Corporate Spending in State Elections</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2895/mt-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-corporate-spending-in-state-elections/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=mt-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-corporate-spending-in-state-elections</link>
		<comments>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2895/mt-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-corporate-spending-in-state-elections/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:26:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Blair</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Elections]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Something amazing happened in Montana on December 30. The State Supreme Court ruled on whether Montana has to throw out its century-old ban on corporate spending in Montana elections in light of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission ruling. What did the state court decide? Well, to summarize in two words: heck, no.   That’s right.<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2895/mt-supreme-court-upholds-ban-on-corporate-spending-in-state-elections/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Occupy Protests Have Shifted National Dialogue, 2012 Elections Loom</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2878/occupy-protests-have-shifted-national-dialogue-2012-elections-loom/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=occupy-protests-have-shifted-national-dialogue-2012-elections-loom</link>
		<comments>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2878/occupy-protests-have-shifted-national-dialogue-2012-elections-loom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 20:45:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Collette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2012 Elections]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Occupy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[We are the 99%]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Occupy protests that have sprouted up in over a thousand cities nationwide have had a profound effect on the political landscape. Barely four months ago, the dominant narrative was that the country is broke and we have to tighten our belts through “fiscal austerity,” with nary a mention of income inequality and who pays the price of “austerity” policies<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2878/occupy-protests-have-shifted-national-dialogue-2012-elections-loom/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>99% Red Balloons for Economic Equity</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2873/99-red-balloons-for-economic-equity/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=99-red-balloons-for-economic-equity</link>
		<comments>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2873/99-red-balloons-for-economic-equity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:30:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julie Chinitz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While Fortune 500 corporations duck out of state taxes, legislators continue to put public services on the chopping block, but still the 1% isn’t being told that they need to do their part when it comes to balancing state budgets. Last week, the Washington Community Action Network fought back at a special session of the legislature:  On Tuesday, Washington CAN!<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2873/99-red-balloons-for-economic-equity/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Small Business Owners Aren’t Buying Anti-Regulatory Hype</title>
		<link>http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2869/small-business-owners-aren%e2%80%99t-buying-anti-regulatory-hype/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=small-business-owners-aren%25e2%2580%2599t-buying-anti-regulatory-hype</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:04:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Blair</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[economic justice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jobs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the past two weeks, the House of Representatives has been inundated with an alphabet soup of anti-regulatory legislation. Last week, the House debated and voted on the RAA (Regulatory Accountability Act) and RFIA (Regulatory Flexibility Improvements Act), and this week on the REINS Act (Regulations in Need of Scrutiny from the Executive Act).    These bills sound tame enough,<a href="http://allianceforajustsociety.org/2869/small-business-owners-aren%e2%80%99t-buying-anti-regulatory-hype/"> Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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