Published on Monday, January 16, 2017 by Common Dreams Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/16/just-eight-men-own-same-wealth-half-humanity-report As the super-rich descend on Davos, report reveals how these billionaires are fueling the global inequality crisis By Nika Knight, staff writer Oxfam interviewed garment workers in Vietnam … Continued
From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): Watch and share this sneak peak at a new documentary being made about the call for a New Poor People’s Campaign! Drawing on poor people’s struggles around the country, including the Fight for $15 and … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Forest Coalition (http://www.paforestcoalition.org/): It was the worst spill / pollution case that DEP had experienced in their dealings with the oil & gas industry. Wastewater from an impoundment owned by Marcellus gas driller EQT polluted high quality … Continued
From the Citizens Trade Campaign (http://www.citizenstrade.org): Thank you. Your hard work — coupled with that of millions of other grassroots activists across the United States and the world — is what pulled the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) out of the shadows … Continued
By Andy Hoover Communications director of the ACLU of Pennsylvania Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary has been closed since 1971. Pennsylvania’s prison secretary wants to close two more prisons. Last Friday, Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel announced that the DOC will … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/january/state-and-local-government-workforce-pennsylvania-2nd-smallest-country Jan 11, 2017 12:26 pm | Mark Price As we begin to debate the 2017-18 state budget, the anti-government spin merchants will (yet again) paint a picture of a menacing, out-of-control public sector in Pennsylvania eating up … Continued
From Conservation Voters of PA (http://www.conservationpa.org): The fish in too many of our rivers and streams are too contaminated to eat. Too many homeowners can’t drink their tap water. Kids are losing their futures due to lead poisoning. The legislature … Continued
Posted at http://www.clasp.org/issues/work-supports/in-focus/defying-the-evidence-congress-rushes-to-repeal-the-aca By Suzanne Wikle Update: Since this piece was originally published on January 6, 2017, Congress has taken additional steps in the process to repeal the ACA. In the early hours of January 12, 2017 the Senate voted (51-48) to … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-01-13/climate-change-air-quality/nurses-report-links-health-to-climate-change/a55920-1 January 13, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Emissions that cause climate change can also increase respiratory disease. (Hans Hansson/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Global climate change is having serious health … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Reps. Coffman and Gutiérrez introduce companion bill in House of Representatives WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and Dick Durbin (D-IL) recently reintroduced bipartisan legislation to protect undocumented young people brought to the … Continued