From the World Affairs Council of Harrisburg (http://www.wacharrisburg.org): The World Affairs Council of Harrisburg hosted the 2018 International Poetry Festival and Festival on MLK Day at Temple University. We extend thanks to our guest artists Roe Braddy, Rick Kearns, Maria James-Thiaw, Tameca Brown, Ambition the Poet … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): As we enter 2018, the PA legislature is picking up where it left off on its attack on our children’s public schools. Before the holidays, Republican leaders rigged the membership of the Senate Education … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): It’s been more than three months since the horrific mass shooting in Las Vegas, and the PA legislature has failed to advance bills that would ban bump stocks, the device used by the Las Vegas shooter to … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-01-22/water/road-salts-affecting-pa-water/a61113-1 January 22, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Salt makes winter roads safer, but harms rivers, streams and drinking water, according to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation. (Pexels/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – … Continued
Top Prize $1,000 We are excited to send you the announcement of the 4th Annual League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania (LWVPA) 2018 High School Video Contest. Students are invited to create and submit 30-second videos that address the question: “What Makes … Continued
Ed Perry is the with the National Wildlife Federation’s Climate Change Campaign. This op-ed appeared in the Lock Haven Express, Somerset Daily American, Scranton Times Tribune, and York Dispatch. Another deer season is over; another season when I was able … Continued
Posted at https://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/38611365/pope-afraid-world-is-one-accident-from-nuclear-war/ AFP / January 15th, 2018 ON BOARD THE PAPAL PLANE (AFP) – Pope Francis said Monday that the world stood on the “edge” of nuclear war and admitted the situation terrified him. Pope ‘afraid’ world is ‘one accident’ from … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/01/15/rapidly-falling-prices-renewables-set-outcompete-fossil-fuels-2020 Published on Monday, January 15, 2018 by Common Dreams “These cost declines across technologies are unprecedented and representative of the degree to which renewable energy is disrupting the global energy system.” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer (Photo: TLPOSCHARSKY/Flickr/cc) … Continued
From Pre-K for PA (http://www.prekforpa.org/): The benefits keep going and going and… There’s no argument about the success-building power of high quality pre-k in the early learning years of children. But there are critics of the early education pillar still … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Back in 1993 two HUGE things happened. The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) was signed into law and the movie Jurassic Park broke box office records. Now, 25 years later Jurassic Park will see its … Continued