From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): On January 15, over 200 people gathered at the STAND for a day of community action. First, we threw FERC’s Final Environmental Impact Statement into a giant bonfire, rejecting its conclusion that the ASP would … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): By Olivia Golden This commentary originally appeared on January 19, 2017 in Washington Monthly. In his farewell speech last week, President Barack Obama declared that supporting young people of color is not only a matter of justice … Continued
Position Available The Philadelphia Unemployment Project is hiring a Housing Counselor. The position entails providing advocacy and assistance to unemployed and lower income persons facing problems with mortgage foreclosure and other programs to aid unemployed and poor people. The Foreclosure … Continued
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org): Today is the day … … the day Donald Trump becomes President of the United States. He and Mike Pence will take an oath to uphold the Constitution. But there … Continued
DeVos, Sessions, and Pruitt All To Receive “No” Vote From PA Senator WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Bob Casey (D-PA) is ready to announce after deliberations, hearings, and review of available paperwork that he will vote “no” on President-elect … Continued
From the PICO National Network (http://www.piconetwork.org): Most nights, 5-year-old Javier Jr. sleeps away from home with his father in a basement at Arch Street United Methodist Church in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, because he just wants to be near his dad. Javier … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/17/budget-office-report-gop-healthcare-repeal-would-strip-insurance-32-million-people Published on Tuesday, January 17, 2017 by Common Dreams Despite having no replacement in line, both chambers of Congress brought the ACA one step closer to repeal earlier this month By Nadia Prupis, staff writer House Speaker … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/01/17/thousands-nationwide-come-fight-repeal-affordable-care-act/#.WH5Ys1MrIdU By Deborah Weinstein January 17, 2017 The line of cars snaking into the parking lots at Bowie State University was the first clue that on January 15 people in Maryland were determined to stand and fight against the … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/january/what-aca-repeal-means-pennsylvania Jan 14, 2017 10:54 am | Marc Stier We have seen politics in America take strange turns in the last few years, turns that often seem to reflect an almost total disregard of the basic facts of … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Melting sea ice is leaving polar bears hungrier and hungrier. The Fish and Wildlife Service just announced that unless we act decisively now, their numbers could plummet in the near future. But instead of … Continued