Date: Monday, March 16th Scripture: Psalm 146:7 “Who executes justice for the oppressed, who gives food to the hungry. The Lord sets the prisoners free.” By: Shelby Mancell, Sycamore House Service Corps Member My time working for CONTACT Helpline/PA 211 … Continued
Date: Saturday, March 14th Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:18 “All this is from God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation.” By Sandy Strauss, Director of Advocacy and Ecumenical Outreach, PA Council of … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/03/11/20-top-economists-endorse-medicare-all-best-plan-cut-costs-save-tens-thousands-lives Published on Wednesday, March 11, 2020 by Common Dreams “By eliminating insurance premiums and out-of-pocket expenses, and lowering overall healthcare costs, Medicare for All will result in enormous savings for almost all households, all except the richest … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): The Supreme Court will announce its decision on the administration’s efforts to cancel the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) policy any day between now and June, which will affect the futures of hundreds of … Continued
From the Sierra Club (https://www.sierraclub.org/): Currently, over half of Pennsylvania’s residents can’t install solar panels because they rent, have a shady property, or can’t afford the upfront cost of solar panels, but House Bill 531 and Senate Bill 705 will … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): With many new cases of the coronavirus (COVID-19) being announced every day, it’s clear we need to: Stay calm and listen to the experts [1] Wash our hands and avoid touching our faces And urge Congress … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): NLIHC released its annual report, The Gap: A Shortage of Affordable Homes, which finds a shortage of seven million affordable and available rental homes for extremely low-income renters, those who have incomes … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The seafloor is coated in green muck and decomposing algae. The deep-dwelling shrimp, crabs and fish have vanished. An area that would normally be teeming with life is now a biological desert. This is the site of … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): THIS is what charter school “transparency” looks like under Pennsylvania’s broken charter school law. Six months ago, we set out with a simple goal—to find out how a single cyber charter school in Pennsylvania … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Amidst the worst refugee crisis in history with 25 million refugees globally, the administration has sought to annihilate the U.S. resettlement program and protections for individuals fleeing violence and persecution. The United States has an … Continued