Gray Panthers on the prowl

We're celebrating the Gray Panthers' 40th anniversary all year by taking actions for social and economic justice and peace. On August 3, the day our founder Maggie Kuhn was born, we launch a month-long celebration of her life and dedicate our actions to her.

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For the past few decades, prior to the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003, the percentage of the urban population living in slums in Iraq hovered just below 20 percent. Seven years later post the U.S. invasion, that percentage has risen to 53 percent.