From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): The Trump administration just released an outrageous proposal to open nearly all public coastal waters, including the Arctic, to oil drilling. Ignoring the growing risks of climate disaster, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke’s five-year Outer … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/01/10/an-affront-to-democracy/#.WlZv466nEdU By David Elliot January 10, 2018 During the last week of December, with the halls of the U.S. Capitol nearly empty and millions of Americans paying attention to anything but the news, word emerged that a Department of … Continued
Joel Rubin, Jazmine Ulloa and Lisa Mascaro A federal judge Tuesday night temporarily blocked the Trump administration’s plan to end the program that shields from deportation hundreds of thousands of immigrants who came to the country illegally as children. The ruling marks … Continued
It was one year ago that 200+ residents braved the cold to gather at the Stand II in southern Lancaster County. We built a huge bonfire and burned copies of FERC’s absurd Final Environmental Impact Statement—the one that concluded the ASP … Continued
Summary: With only one in five Pennsylvania employers rating the readiness of the current labor force as excellent or good, it is clear that Pennsylvania is facing a serious workforce skills gap. The existence of this gap makes sense in … Continued
From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): This week marks 100 days since Congress failed to extend full funding for the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP), the successful, bipartisan program that provides 9 million U.S. children with comprehensive and affordable health care coverage. … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Since its inception, Wall Street has wanted to get its hands on Social Security. The financial industry has tried to cut and privatize our earned benefits and sow a seed of doubt about Social … Continued
January 04, 2018 | 11:40 am World-renowned climate scientist Dr. Michael Mann explains why the bitter cold and snowy conditions gripping the US are “an example of precisely the sort of extreme winter weather we expect because of climate change.” … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): On Monday, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced its decision to terminate Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Salvadorans in the United States. This decision follows the recent TPS terminations for Sudan, Nicaragua, and Haiti, … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “TPS means everything to me. I’m a TPS holder, my family has TPS, my father, mother and sisters. TPS allows us to be with our families. If TPS ends, parents will be sent back to their … Continued