From the People’s Emergency Center (http://www.pec-cares.org): New reports from the Pennsylvania Department of Education identifies its largest number ever of children and youth experiencing homelessness – 38,823! Highlights: The data suggests that homelessness of children and youth is increasing. Perhaps, … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): This is huge. Recently, the Paycheck Fairness Act (HR 7) was passed by the U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor! Next, the bill is headed to a floor vote, where it could pass the House … Continued
From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (http://www.itep.org/): ITEP released a new report, Fairness Matters: A Chart Book on Who Pays State and Local Taxes, highlighting how regressive state tax systems worsen the economic divide in 13 charts. Chris … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Governor Wolf’s 2019-20 state budget proposal contains some good initiatives, but it also diverts millions of dollars from key resource agencies and local environmental programs to close funding shortfalls. We can’t let that happen. Tell your state … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Polling Place Outreach is an essential part of what we do. In the last three election cycles we have gathered nearly 50,000 names of voters who are now on record urging legislators to support the … Continued
The CENTRAL CONTRADICTION of climate change is that it is at once the most epic problem that our species has ever faced yet it is largely invisible to the average human. The challenge for scientists, is raising the alarm on something … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/25/world-without-clouds-think-about-minute-new-study-details-possibility-devastating Published on Monday, February 25, 2019 by Common Dreams “We face a stark choice [between] radical, disruptive changes to our physical world or radical, disruptive changes to our political and economic systems to avoid those outcomes.” By … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/02/25/we-are-crushing-next-generation-young-millennials-saddled-1005000000000-student-debt Published on Monday, February 25, 2019 by Common Dreams New data fuels call for progressive solutions By Andrea Germanos, staff writer “Student debt is at a crisis level in this country,” said Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D.N.Y.). (Photo: thisisbossi/Flickr/cc) … Continued
Updated: March 1, 2019 – 5:45 AM The Inquirer Editorial Board It it heartwarming to see the outpouring of compassion toward those living in poverty that occurs every time a certain type of bill gets discussed. For the past two years, the … Continued
From Keystone Counts (https://www.keystonecounts.org/): Recently the proposed citizenship question received another blow in federal court as U.S. District Judge Richard Seeborg in San Francisco ruled that the proposed question “threatens the very foundation of our democratic system.” This decision comes on the … Continued