From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): During these hot, humid days of summer, our thoughts turn to fall. Which for us means the very brief fall session of the PA legislature. The House has 11 voting days scheduled this fall. Which is just … Continued
Posted at https://www.nelp.org/blog/happy-83rd-birthday-social-security by Michele Evermore On this day in 1935, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed into law one of the most effective federal programs in our nation’s history. For the better part of a century, Social Security has successfully prevented … Continued
Posted at http://paenvironmentdaily.blogspot.com/2018/08/environmental-groups-release-2017-18-pa.html Posted: 14 Aug 2018 10:53 AM PDT Conservation Voters of PA, PennEnvironment, Sierra Club Pennsylvania Chapter, and Clean Water Action Tuesday released their 2017-2018 Pennsylvania Environmental Voting Scorecard. The Scorecard scores each member of the State Senate … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): PennFuture and a group of fellow organizations and community members are launching today Our Pocono Waters Campaign, a regional movement aimed at unifying our community while educating people from all walks of life about the importance of protecting … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): What is the connection between justice and gerrymandering? You may have seen gerrymandering in the news lately. The PA Supreme Court ruled that our 2011 Congressional district map was unconstitutional and needed to be redrawn … Continued
Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/8/13/1787881/-Not-since-right-before-the-Great-Depression-has-the-1-controlled-this-much-wealth Leslie Salzillo Monday August 13, 2018 · 10:50 AM EDT Via MarketWatch, a news group considered to be one of the most prominent in today’s financial industry, Karl Paul reports that in the last 20-30 years, the disparity between the rich and more as … Continued
FRAC Chat, August 8, 2018 “Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed?” FRAC’s recent report on food hardship found that households with … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-08-15/climate-change-air-quality/warming-climate-puts-pa-summer-recreation-at-risk/a63694-1 August 15, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Tick-borne diseases are increasing as climate change increases summer temperatures. (Kaldari[CC0]/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Climate change already is affecting summers here … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): Every person is made in the image of God and is thus worthy of respect and dignity. That means every person should be counted and represented by their government. That is why we are … Continued