By Christian Alexandersen | calexandersen@pennlive.com Email the author | Follow on Twitter on May 10, 2017 at 1:34 PM, updated May 10, 2017 at 1:35 PM Children have been denied food, made to do chores and singled out if they are unable to pay … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): It’s Mother’s Day weekend, and an all-male Senate working group is spending it devising a destructive plan to end Medicaid as we know it. And they’re counting on the fact middle-income families will … Continued
Pictured: The shooting death of Walter Scott in North Charleston, South Carolina, captured by a civilian’s mobile phone camera. By Molly Tack-Hooper, Staff Attorney, American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania Since 2013, the ACLU of Pennsylvania has been fighting to … Continued
Tell Congress to pass the “Improving Access to Affordable Prescription Drugs Act” to lower drug prices and rein in abuses by pharmaceutical corporations. Our system rewards drug corporations with overwhelming monopoly power, and Big Pharma uses that power to charge … Continued
How will industry leaders, government officials, researchers, entrepreneurs – lift billions of people out of poverty – and continue to advance technological civilization? Jason Pontin, Editor-in-Chief and Publisher of MIT Technology Review delivers a striking message of collaboration from the … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): In the wake of last month’s brutal chemical weapons attack in Idlib which claimed the lives of at least 100 innocent civilians and continued mass atrocities across the country since, I am reaching out … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/05/11/moms-dont-need-mothers-day/#.WRSiYfkrIdU By Lecia Imbery May 11, 2017 Mother’s Day is this weekend, which means cards have been mailed, brunch reservations made, and flowers purchased. But we know what moms really need to make them, their families and our country … Continued
Posted at https://www.casey.senate.gov/newsroom/releases/casey-lawmakers-introduce-bipartisan-legislation-to-prohibit-school-lunch-shaming Bill would ban schools from practice of publicly singling out children — such as with wristbands or assigned chores — if they can’t pay for school meals Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) joined his colleagues Senators Tom … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On Wednesday, May 24, at 9:00 am, the PA House and Senate Education Committees will be holding a joint public hearing about “education savings accounts” or ESAs. Education savings accounts are Betsy DeVos vouchers … Continued
From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): The Kairos Center is excited to announce that the Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II will be transitioning out of his role as the president of the North Carolina Conference of the NAACP in June, … Continued