Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/16/fact-week-80-percent-critical-human-needs-programs-lost-ground-since-fy10/#.WRso4_krIdV By Lecia Imbery May 16, 2017 Minority health programs cut by 10 percent. Juvenile justice programs cut nearly in half. Housing for the elderly cut by 46 percent; housing for people with disabilities cut nearly 57 percent. Job training … Continued
When you visit your local LUSH Cosmetics store over the next 10 days, you’ll have a chance to support their campaign to highlight flaws of the death penalty and call for abolition. LUSH is selling an exclusive bath balm called … Continued
By Christian Alexandersen | calexandersen@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on May 10, 2017 at 1:34 PM, updated May 10, 2017 at 1:35 PM Children have been denied food, made to do chores and singled out if they are unable to pay … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and an all-male Senate working group is spending it devising a destructive plan to end Medicaid as we know it. And they’re counting on the fact middle-income families will … Continued
Pictured: The shooting death of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, captured by a civilian’s mobile phone camera. By Molly Tack-Hooper, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania Since 2013, the ACLU of Pennsylvania has been fighting to … Continued
Tell Congress to pass the “Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act” to lower drug prices and rein in abuses by pharmaceutical corporations. Our system rewards drug corporations with overwhelming monopoly power, and Big Pharma uses that power to charge … Continued
How will industry leaders, government officials, researchers, entrepreneurs – lift billions of people out of poverty – and continue to advance technological civilization? Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of MIT Technology Review delivers a striking message of collaboration from the … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): In the wake of last month’s brutal chemical weapons attack in Idlib which claimed the lives of at least 100 innocent civilians and continued mass atrocities across the country since, I am reaching out … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/11/moms-dont-need-mothers-day/#.WRSiYfkrIdU By Lecia Imbery May 11, 2017 Mother’s Day is this weekend, which means cards have been mailed, brunch reservations made, and flowers purchased. But we know what moms really need to make them, their families and our country … Continued
Posted at https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/casey-lawmakers-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-prohibit-school-lunch-shaming Bill would ban schools from practice of publicly singling out children — such as with wristbands or assigned chores — if they can’t pay for school meals Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined his colleagues Senators Tom … Continued