From On Earth Peace (https://www.onearthpeace.org/): Keep moving forward together as we reconvene from our Sept.9th panel discussion webinar! Join one of our small interest groups in a Zoom meet-up session to plan next actions. Choose from 3 areas of activism … Continued
Midterms are fast approaching, which means most members of Congress are getting ready to go back to their districts to continue campaigning. But before they go on break, we need them to fight for families with incarcerated loved ones. Color … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): House Representatives Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Katie Porter (D-CA), and Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) led an effort last week that generated a bi-partisan letter from 48 Members of Congress to House and Senate leadership urging an … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Scroll to end for action. Previously, we described the fossil fuel industry’s attempt to take advantage of Russia’s unwarranted war with Ukraine to game the regulatory system and allow for more fracking in Pennsylvania. Key legislators proposed … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Earlier this week, in 24 hours, thousands of Pennsylvanians told the PA Senate guns don’t belong in classrooms. And then, Sen. Mastriano’s arming teachers bill was pulled from the Education Committee schedule. This is the power we … Continued
Join The Shalom Center for Spiritually Rich High Holidays on Zoom: Our world needs healing & transformation! Rosh Hashanah | September 25-27th Yom Kippur | October 4-5th The central message of Rosh Hashanah & Yom Kippur: We can heal, repair, … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The most important environmental law you’ve never heard of is on the chopping block. Whether it’s oil and gas drilling on public lands, offshore oil rigs, or toxic mining in incredible places like the Boundary Waters, the … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/20/number-ultrarich-hits-all-time-high-someone-dies-hunger-every-4-seconds “Those with the power and money to change this must come together to better respond to current crises and prevent and prepare for future ones,” a coalition of charities asserted. BRETT WILKINS September 20, 2022 As a … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-09-21/budget-policy-and-priorities/an-asset-for-distressed-rural-communities-in-pa/a80487-1 September 21, 2022 – Danielle Smith, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window A little-known facet of the CHIPS and Science Act, passed in Congress this summer to boost the semiconductor industry, could benefit areas … Continued
Last summer, we learned the Trump administration had seized the records of journalists who had reported unfavorable news about the administration.1 That surveillance came after years of Trump openly stoking violence against members of the press.2 Congress must act to protect … Continued