Community talks and media campaign will focus on discrimination against persons of foreign descent The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced today that it will launch an effort to better address national origin based housing discrimination during Fair Housing Month in

Reduction included in legislation negotiated to avoid government shutdown The Fiscal Year 2011 budget for the Legal Services Corporation (LSC) would be cut by $15.8 million, reducing funds for civil legal assistance to low-income Americans, according to legislation announced today. LSC received $420

North Penn Legal Services is hosting a day long seminar entitled, Confronting Discrimination in the Rental and Home Sales Market, on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 at the Lehigh County Government Center in Allentown. This program is designed to help staff from local organizations, housing providers

Statement of the National Senior Citizens Law Center Protecting Medicaid from draconian budget cuts is essential to protecting the health and well-being of the nation’s elderly. The vital safety net it provides serves millions of low-income older adults every day and is the single largest source of

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has launched a new media campaign, " Live Free," that will, among other things, strive to ensure that people have equal access to housing regardless of sexual orientation and gender identity. The Fair Housing Act prohibits housing discriminate based on

Acting Attorney General Bill Ryan has encouraged Pennsylvanians to be on the lookout for potential phishing emails following a security breach at an online marketing firm. Ryan said the breach exposed the names and e-mail addresses of customers of some of the country's largest companies, including

Proposed budget would provide an array of tax cuts to the wealthiest Americans while raising taxes on everyone else John Bouman, President of the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, says that the 10-year budget plan unveiled by Rep. Paul Ryan, Chairman of the House Ways and Means

Entertainment icons George Takei and Patty Duke have teamed up to tell Americans to Boldly Go to www.socialsecurity.gov to apply for retirement, disability, Medicare, and so much more. The two celebrities are joining forces in a new campaign to help the Social Security Administration promote its