Digest: Immigration's positive impacts, 375 top scientists on climate change, and more

Stay informed. Get the facts. Here's some recommended reading that's easy to share. immigration Immigration Doesn't Hurt Native Jobs or Wages in the U.S., Report Finds TIME // Tessa Berenson Immigration has an overall positive impact on economic growth in the United States and has small-to-no effects on wages and employment for native-born workers, according to a new report. Read full article... Tweet this Share this gun violence prevention Gun inequality: US study charts rise of hardcore super owners The Guardian // Lois Beckett Americans own an estimated 265 million guns, more than one gun for every American adult, according to the most definitive portrait of US gun ownership in two decades. But the new survey estimates that 133 million of these guns are concentrated in the hands of just 3% of American adults -- a group of super-owners who have amassed an average of 17 guns each. Read full article... Tweet this Share this trade Why Obama Is Still Trying to Pass The T.P.P. The New Yorker // Jeffrey Rothfeder Economic orthodoxy suggests that trade agreements lead to more growth. And there is new evidence that seventeen U.S. free-trade agreements got the formula more or less right. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Help sustain this movement This movement is powered by small-dollar donations from organizers across the country--help keep it going. Chip in climate change Paris Climate Change Agreement Passes Key Threshold AP // Michael Astor Thirty-one countries formally joined the Paris climate change pact Wednesday, bringing the total number of countries ratifying the treaty to 60 and raising hopes that it will enter into effect by the end of the year. Read full article... Tweet this Share this climate change 375 top scientists warn of 'real, serious, immediate' climate threat The Guardian // John Abraham What is perhaps most sad is that the party of "fiscal conservatism" is leading us on a path that will result in higher economic and social costs for all of us. Read full article... Tweet this Share this health care Setting the record straight on the Affordable Care Act The Hill // Rep. Gene Green (D-Texas) Today, twenty million people have health insurance and the percentage of uninsured Americans is at an all-time low. This is a historic and a dramatic improvement over where we were as a nation before the ACA. It could be argued that the period from 2010 to today may be the most successful years in the modern history of U.S. health policy. Read full article... Tweet this Share this health care Obamacare Doesn't Cost More Than Other Health Insurance, Report Finds NBC News // Maggie Fox On average, premiums for "benchmark" plans offered on the state and federal government health insurance marketplaces are 10 percent lower than for the average employer-sponsored plan, the team at the Urban Institute found. Read full article... Tweet this Share this Your friends need the facts too. Forward this email to them, and they can sign up for the next Digest right here: Sign me up

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