On June 30, Families USA, Move On, the ACLU, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, the Domestic Workers Alliance and other allies are partnering for a rally in Washington, D.C., and around the country to tell the administration … Continued
Posted at https://www.thirdandstate.org/2018/june/general-assembly-budget-mirrors-many-governor’s-priorities-does-not-go-far-enough Posted by Diana Polson on June 22, 2018 11:25 pm The House and Senate have now passed a $32.7-billion state budget — $281 million less than the governor’s proposed budget, which is expected to be passed on to the … Continued
From Project H.O.M.E. (http://www.projecthome.org): Evidence shows that work requirements do nothing to help people find or keep good jobs or reduce poverty. Your calls and emails about burdensome work requirements are having an impact in Harrisburg and the vote has … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The tax legislation signed late last year is not a serious job-creation policy, and it won’t increase wages. Six months ago, the tax bill was signed into law. 83 percent of its benefits will … Continued
For the past year a half, Food & Water Watch has been working to fight fracking at the local level by passing strong anti-fracking zoning ordinances in Allegheny County communities. We’re excited to be expanding our capacity on this campaign … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): This past week has been tough. We’ve seen the cruelty of the administration towards families seeking asylum in the US. Children are taken from their parents at the border and put into government-run shelters, often … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-06-25/environment/as-epa-repeals-and-delays-environmentalists-turn-to-courts/a63045-1 June 25, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The Environmental Protection Agency administrator has repealed or delayed more than 30 environmental regulations, including provisions of the Clean Air Act. (nikolabelopitov/Pixabay) … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/06/22/censorship-trumps-war-facts-continues-muzzling-usgs-scientists Published on Friday, June 22, 2018 by Common Dreams New directive, LA Times reports, requires scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey to get approval for media interviews from U.S. Department of the Interior for most cases By Andrea Germanos, … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/06/22/code-red-fatal-consequences-dangerously-substandard-medical-care-immigration-detention/#.WzJQ41VKgdU By David Elliot June 22, 2018 Editor’s note: CHN Intern Page Brigham, a rising senior at Allegheny College, contributed to this blog post. Katherine Bonilla will not get to see her father again. Arrested by ICE on his … Continued
James Hansen, who gave a climate warning in 1988 Senate testimony, says real hoax is by leaders claiming to take action Oliver Milman in New York @olliemilman, Tue 19 Jun 2018 01.00 EDTLast modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 11.40 EDT Thirty years after a … Continued