From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): It’s official: in April, the state legislature approved a bill to make North America’s largest salamander, the Eastern Hellbender, Pennsylvania’s state amphibian. And while all Pennsylvanians’ chests should swell with pride by this bipartisan show of support … Continued
We recently released a Child Diversity Dashboard and report in collaboration with our affiliate, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children. The report highlights state level trends relating to the increase in children of color while the dashboard allows users to get data … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): When it comes to their conditions of confinement, immigrant detainees have the same constitutional rights as non-immigrant pretrial detainees, per a new ruling in a case that arose after an employee of Berks Family … Continued
Reading Eagle The victim of a sexual assault contends the county failed to implement policies to prevent the assault and that staff was indifferent to the assault. WRITTEN BY KAREN SHUEY PHILADELPHIA, PA — Tuesday July 2, 2019 07:36 pm The victim … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): Children at the border need our immediate help. Almost exactly a year ago we condemned the horrific policy of child detention as images and stories of children in deplorable conditions began to appear … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): We invite faith leaders to sign on to an important letter urging Members of Congress to support the Protecting Sensitive Locations Act of 2019 (HR 1011), which would expand and codify the Department of Homeland … Continued
From the National Alliance to End Homelessness (http://www.endhomelessness.org): In recent weeks, there’s been increasing urgency and attention to the nation’s affordable housing crisis. The release of the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s new Out of Reach report adds new context … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Go to https://epipolicycenter.org/tell-congress-pass-the-restoring-overtime-pay-act to tell Congress: “Pass the Restoring Overtime Pay Act to raise the overtime salary threshold and boost the wages of over 8 million working people.” Overtime pay has historically been an … Continued
From Raise the Wage PA (http://raisethewagepa.org/): Every state surrounding our Commonwealth has raised its minimum wage, while Pennsylvania remains at a dismal $7.25, where it was 10 years ago. But we have a chance to raise the wage now if you … Continued
From Witness to Innocence (https://www.witnesstoinnocence.org/): On June 29, 1972 the US Supreme Court decided Furman V. Georgia and struck down the death penalty. Though we know that four years later the death penalty was reinstated, the majority opinion in Furman … Continued