Posted at https://www.blackpressusa.com/commentary-the-dirty-water-rule-will-heighten-the-clean-water-crisis-for-black-americans/ By Niva Lubin-Johnson, M.D., FACP, 119th President, National Medical Association Clean water is a basic human right. Still, too many low-income communities and communities of color are not receiving their right of clean water. They are being … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): Recently, Williams/Transco tore down a Cross and Prayer Labyrinth on the Sisters’ own land to push ahead with their plans to push gas through the ASP. This is despite the fact, or perhaps due to … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): Amid the headlines on the Supreme Court and the federal budget, you may have missed that on September 30, Congress failed to meet a critical deadline, allowing the farm bill to expire. The … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): The current version of the House Farm Bill is packed with attacks on environmental laws and America’s national forests — and we need you to take action today to fight it at https://pennfuture.salsalabs.org/takeaction_farmbill/index.html. Provisions in the current … Continued
Over the last five decades, right-wing courts have diluted the impact of monumental gains made by the civil rights movement of the 50’s and 60’s. Today, unacceptable, deep inequities persist in people’s access to quality education, affordable insurance, mortgages or … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Another general election is upon us! All eyes will be on Pennsylvania with key, crucial races for Governor, Senator, Congress and legislative districts. Common Cause PA is taking the lead to run an Election Protection program … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): The Administration met with Congress on Monday October 1st to consult on refugee resettlement and set the refugee admissions goal for Fiscal Year 2019. Despite outcry from Members of Congress on both sides of the … Continued
See You in Court! Mon. 10/29 Almost one year ago, one hundred people gathered on the cornfield of the Adorers of the Blood of Christ to put their bodies between Williams’ excavators and our children’s future. Twenty-three of our friends, … Continued
From the Project on Government Oversight (http://www.pogo.org/): September 25, 2018 Open the Government and the Project On Government Oversight have obtained documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request that provide new insights into internal decision-making behind the separation of thousands … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): We officially killed both Senate Bill 652 (‘pipeline protest bill’) & House Bill 2154 (‘conventional oil & gas reg rollback bill’). Thanks to all who took action! Late last week, we learned that SB 652 would likely … Continued