This week, the Supreme Court has further tipped the scales of justice against working people, with a decision that attacks workers’ basic right to join together in unions to improve wages and working conditions for all. In a radical decision … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): 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 before the next election. There’s been a strong … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-06-27/childrens-issues/pa-kids-make-gains-but-census-undercount-could-hinder-progress/a63078-1 June 27, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Nearly one of every six Pennsylvania children is at risk of being overlooked as people are counted for the 2020 Census. (Bess-Hamiti/Pixabay) … Continued
From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org): The Supreme Court just voted to uphold President Donald Trump’s discriminatory travel ban on Muslims seeking to enter the United States. Now, we must speak out for our nation’s values of welcome and … Continued
Posted at https://greateras1.org/supreme-court-upholds-discriminatory-muslim-ban/ JUNE 26, 2018 Washington, D.C.–In response to the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in Trump v. Hawaii today upholding President Trump’s immoral and discriminatory ban on travel from several Muslim-majority countries, Church World Service President and CEO John … Continued
June 26, 2018 Thus says the Lord: Act with justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor anyone who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the orphan, and the widow … … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Your voices have been heard! The stalling of the horrible Goodlatte bill in Congress last week proved (again!) that our voices are powerful when we speak up for justice. But the fight isn’t over! Ryan’s harmful … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): This week, the Supreme Court upheld the President’s discriminatory Muslim ban. As a nation, we are built on the promise of religious liberty. The Court’s ruling turns a blind eye to the pain that the … Continued
Posted at https://www.poorpeoplescampaign.org/united-nations/ We, the leaders of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival, request to convene a hearing before the U.N. Human Rights Council on the state of poverty in our nation. After more than three … Continued
Temporary Protected Status, or TPS, currently protects over 1,000 people from the war and crisis Yemen, which the United Nations recently called the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. Brutal conflict, relentless air strikes, mass starvation and one of the largest cholera … Continued