It’s hard to read or watch the news these days without coming across at least one story that centers around the economic hardships facing our nation – rising unemployment; falling housing prices; climbing national debt, which now sits at more than $14 trillion. And the U.S. infamously spends a larger portion of its [Continue Reading...]

In a recent letter to the editor published in Raleigh’s News & Observer, George Reed and Sandy Irving of the North Carolina Council of Churches praised the passage of federal health care reform legislation as an action that will mean earlier, better care for so many Americans and, for others, access to quality, affordable health care for the first time in their lives. [Continue Reading...]