From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): 2020 Census data was released recently — which means that states will soon begin drawing their new electoral maps. How these districts are drawn will impact voters nationwide for the next decade. That’s why we must … Continued
Urge House lawmakers to advance a study for reparations through the ELCA Action Center (you need not be Lutheran). The House of Representatives is expected to soon vote on H.R. 40, the Commission to Study and Develop Reparation Proposals for African Americans … Continued
From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): The pandemic has exposed deep economic divisions in the US―with billionaires seeing their total wealth grow by 55% since the pandemic began while millions of people have lost jobs and fallen into poverty.[1] President … Continued
The Wolf administration, in coordination with the COVID-19 Vaccine Joint Task Force, announced today that mitigation orders except masking will be lifted on Memorial Day, Monday, May 31 at 12:01 AM. The current order requiring Pennsylvanians to wear masks will be lifted when 70% of … Continued
From Appalachian Voices (http://www.appvoices.org/): Senator Joe Manchin (WV) has released two bills to clean up abandoned coal mines and provide immediate jobs and longer-term economic rejuvenation. The need for these bills is urgent. In Appalachia and across the country, thousands … Continued
From GreenFaith (http://greenfaith.org): One of the things about religion is that our words carry weight. Our faiths don’t call us to “love someone 50%” or “be compassionate by 2050”. They tell us to do what’s compassionate, loving, and just – now. … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The COVID pandemic laid bare the ways our country has failed to support opportunities and provide protections for all. Racial disparities in deaths and economic devastation stand as an undeniable testament to persistent and historic … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Quarantining during this pandemic brought out a myriad of hobbies for many of us, such as binging on streaming tv shows, trying your hand at whipped coffee, TikTok dance sessions, impersonating your favorite work of art, … Continued
From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): But every time Democrats propose investments to create jobs, rebuild infrastructure, secure a green energy future, make housing more affordable and more―like President Biden just did in his American Jobs Plan―Republicans (and some moderate … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): “It’s Thursday in America.” This is how I responded when asked about the most recent mass shooting in America. A man with two assault rifles had killed 8 people overnight in a FedEx facility.¹ Lately, we’ve been … Continued