via NY Times: The House Republican plan to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act would cause 24 million people to lose health insurance within a decade, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said on Monday. Republicans had been bracing for what was almost certain to be a bleak accounting of the legislation’s projected effects. The… Read More 24 Million People Could Lose Their Health Insurance Under Trumpcare, According to Nonpartisan CBO

David Gibson has a very thorough, well-sourced article for RNS on the widely disseminated reports from reactionary periodicals (or delusional wishful thinking of certain right-wing commentators) that the Church is about to face a civil war or attempted coup to replace Pope Francis: If you talk to senior churchmen in the U.S. and elsewhere, as… Read More There is No Catholic Civil War or Papal Coup Coming

Rev. David Beckmann of Bread for the World delivered an important message on the impact of budget proposals on those facing food insecurity and the need to speak up to members of Congress on this issue: