From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We hope you are enjoying the final days of summer! While we’re enjoying these last few days with our families, we still have our eyes on Washington, D.C. and what’s going to happen once the U.S. … Continued
At Lyft, we’re working to improve lives by connecting people and their communities through the world’s best transportation. This Election Day (Tuesday, Nov. 6), we want to help people across America exercise their right to vote. It is estimated that … Continued
The Totten and Moscow University glaciers in East Antarctica have lost billions of tons of ice since 2002. Between them they could raise sea levels by 5 meters. 6 August 2018 By Michael Marshall Two huge glaciers in east Antarctica have … Continued
Catholic Bishop Decries the “Immorality of Inaction” and the U.S. Reversal on the Paris Climate Agreement on the Third Anniversary of Pope Francis’ Encyclical Laudato Si’ WASHINGTON, D.C. –Nearly 600 U.S. Catholic institutions—including dioceses, communities of men and women religious, health … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): With the Pennsylvania General Assembly returning to session in about one month, there pressure will likely mount on legislative leaders to consider legislation making changes to the statute of limitations for reporting sexual abuse … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): With summer coming to a close, kids are heading back to school. And for some kids, that means receiving Medicaid-covered, health-related services at school to help them reach their fullest potential. The latest video … Continued
From Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children (http://www.papartnerships.org): Each year, PPC compiles the State of Children’s Health Care data to track children’s health indicators in Pennsylvania as it relates to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and monitors changes over … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new policy agenda, EPI’s Heidi Shierholz, Celine McNicholas, and Samantha Sanders detail how labor protections in the United States have been rigged against working people. The First Day Fairness agenda provides a … Continued
Posted at https://www.clasp.org/blog/farm-bill-amendment-would-ban-snap-formerly-incarcerated By Darrel Thompson As the U.S. House and Senate reconcile two very different farm bills, formerly incarcerated people are at risk of losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food assistance. Representative George Holding (R-NC) filed a troubling amendment that was … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is considering a plan to allow federal Department of Education funding to be used to purchase guns to arm teachers and administrators. The rule would strip funding from a … Continued