I met with State and especially municipal officials who are determined to improve social protection for the poorest 20% of their communities, I saw an energized civil society in many places, I visited a Catholic Church in San Francisco (St Boniface – the Gubbio Project) that opens its pews to the homeless every day between services, I saw extraordinary resilience and community solidarity in Puerto Rico, I toured an amazing community health initiative in Charleston (West Virginia) that… [read post]

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  That’s a senior management position if there ever was one, because I’m pretty sure that traditionally speaking anyway, forgeries and fraudulent documents are frowned upon by banks in general, and JPMorgan Chase isn’t likely to be an exception. [read post]

  I also want to thank our hosts from the National Park Service here at Federal Hall and all the other outstanding public officials who are here. [read post]