Download the flyer SAVE THE DATE! Please Join Interfaith Leaders for the ENERGY STAR® Pennsylvania Stewardship Tour All locations are now available! Tuesday, September 25 Akron – 9:00am; Bedford – 2:30pm; Pittsburgh – 7:00pm Wednesday, September 26 Meadville – 9:00am; … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/08/02/zero-tolerance-border-disaster-families/#.W2NGcdVKgdU By Richelle Friedman August 2, 2018 At Tuesday’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on “Oversight of Immigration Enforcement and Family Reunification Efforts,” Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) minced no words. He said, “If families and children are going to be kept in … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The administration just announced its plan to attack clean car standards, and it’s going to recklessly slam the brakes on progress towards healthier air if we don’t stop it.1 Submit your comment now at https://pennenvironment.webaction.org/p/dia/action4/common/public/?action_KEY=27904 to tell … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): Despite substantial research that challenges the purported cost-saving benefits of private prisons, and the bipartisan consensus on the need to address mass incarceration, from 2000 to 2016 the number of people housed in private prisons … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): Carlos was locked up at the age of three. His crime? Being carried across the border in his Mom’s arms, running from threats at gunpoint. Support from Amnesty activists — passionate people like you — … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): Pennsylvania has some of the best waters on the east coast for recreational activities like fly fishing, kayaking, and swimming. These uses are only possible because many small creeks and streams have outstanding water quality. The Pennsylvania … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): WASHINGTON, August 1, 2018 — In every part of the nation, a large number of households is experiencing food hardship — the inability to afford enough food for themselves and their families … Continued
Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/27/1784042/-Indiana-church-replaces-detained-Holy-Family-with-new-display-your-reflection Gabe Ortiz, Daily Kos Staff Friday July 27, 2018 · 4:50 PM EDT Christ Church Cathedral The same Indiana church that held the Holy Family “in detention” has replaced the statues with a mirror, so that anyone who walks by will see their … Continued
The Moral Cost of the Immigration Crisis By Richard Primus Sometime in 1940, an 11-year-old refugee named Yudita Nisse reached the United States on a boat from Japan. Her Latvian-Jewish family had fled Nazi Germany east across the Soviet Union; the trip to … Continued