Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/07/11/fight-hunger-economy-improves-not-children/#.W0Yhi9VKgdU By David Elliot July 11, 2018 There is good news and bad news to report when it comes to food insecurity among households with children, according to a new analysis released by the Hamilton Project at the Brookings … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): U.S. Senators Marco Rubio, Mike Lee, and Joni Ernst are working on a proposal to raid Social Security to give income to parents of a new child. [1] This is like robbing Peter to pay Paul. … Continued
From the Education Law Center (http://www.elc-pa.org): Last week petitioners in Pennsylvania’s school funding lawsuit filed a brief and affidavits refuting the claim made by the Republican leader of the PA Senate, Joe Scarnati, that the lawsuit was rendered moot because … Continued
On June 28th, 2018, Governor Wolf’s staff called a meeting with members of the Shut Down Berks Coalition to discuss the operation of the Berks County Detention Center (BCRC). The Governor’s office continues to claim the Governor has no role or … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new EPI report, professors Maria Mora and Alberto Dávila examine the Hispanic–white wage gap among full-time workers, including how it is affected by gender, Hispanic origin, education level, birthplace, immigrant status, and … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Do you think hunters should be able to shoot hibernating mother bears with cubs on national preserves? Or wolf pups in their dens? If not, please sign at https://act.alaskawild.org/sign/stopcubkilling/. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke recently … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “After 40 hours of labor and 6 hours pushing, [my daughter] was in fetal distress and I had to have an emergency c-section. If we hadn’t had access to a good doctor, and appropriate care, we … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Last month, President Trump signed an executive order making it easier for oil companies to drill off America’s shores by getting rid of protections put in place after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in 2010.1 This is … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): The Message: Don’t cut SNAP; don’t take food out of the refrigerators and off the tables of needy Americans. Instead, strengthen SNAP, including by improving benefit adequacy. Contact Senators: 1) Thank Senators … Continued
From the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org): Finally, some much-needed good news. Pennsylvania has enacted the nation’s first Clean Slate law, which automatically seals low-level criminal records for people who stay crime-free for a set period of time. The policy … Continued