Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/11/02/breaking-cycle-re-incarceration-education/#.WBpDStIrJdg By Ana-Elisa Gentle November 2, 2016 Last week the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) hosted an event covering an important and often overlooked topic: reintegration to society after incarceration. Many attended in person or tuned in … Continued
This is horrifying—Please send photos if this occurs in your township. October 30, 2016 12:00 AM By Don Hopey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette RUSSELL, Pa. — There are 44 miles of dirt roads in rural Farmington Township, Warren County, hard against … Continued
Published on Tuesday, November 01, 2016 by Common Dreams Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/11/01/battle-senate-leads-precipitous-rise-dark-money-spending Top 10 Senate races see record spending from outside groups, which are free to accept unlimited donations and are able to conceal their funders from the public By … Continued
The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program, also known as LIHEAP, helps low-income families pay their heating bills. LIHEAP is a grant that offers assistance in the form of a cash grant, sent directly to the utility company, or a crisis … Continued
Voting matters. It empowers communities, and brings us together as Americans. It makes your voice heard by signaling to people in charge what matters most. Voting should be easy, inclusive, and awesome. On Election Day, the best response to any … Continued
Our Protect the Vote campaign is underway! Over 4,000 volunteers are standing ready to assure that voters will have a voice on Election Day. We’ve also set up national, nonpartisan hotlines that voters can call to get the help they … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/october/swpa-2016-college-no-longer-guarantees-rising-wages%E2%80%94degree-holders-need-agenda-raise-pa Oct 28, 2016 09:13 am | John Neurohr The post below is one of a series of posts about specific trends examined in the recently-released annual edition of The State of Working Pennsylvania. We’ve already laid out how Pennsylvania … Continued
By Don Hopey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Pennsylvania Medical Society has called for a moratorium on new shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing and is urging the state to establish an independent health registry and start studying fracking’s public health … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/bill-ayers-asks-what-will-happen-if-we-consider-education-a-human-right-not-a-mere-product/ It was great to escape the deplorable, scary election news to spend Friday evening in conversation with Bill Ayers, on a tour to promote his new book, Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto. Ayers is best known … Continued