Only Solution for Trump’s “Less Expensive, Far Better” System: Medicare-for-All

Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/01/05/only-solution-trumps-less-expensive-far-better-system-medicare-all Published on Thursday, January 05, 2017 by Common Dreams When asked their opinion on healthcare, Trump voters “sounded as much like Bernie Sanders supporters” By Lauren McCauley, staff writer “The debate should be over whether we continue … Continued

New Report: A Fair Share Tax Plan for Pennsylvania

Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/december/new-report-fair-share-tax-plan-pennsylvania Dec 21, 2016 05:35 pm | John Neurohr In the wake of Budget Secretary Randy Albright’s mid-year budget briefing and the news that the Pennsylvania budget for 2016-17 will have a deficit of $600 million, the Pennsylvania … Continued

Sign Petition Urging Banks to End Loans for Dakota Access Pipeline

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Recently we won a historic victory for tribal sovereignty. The Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, the Oceti Sakowin elders and headsmen, the International Indigenous Youth Council, and other water protectors defeated the Dakota Access Pipeline. The company behind the pipeline — … Continued

More Houses of Worship Joining Sanctuary Movement

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Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-12-29/immigrant-issues/more-houses-of-worship-joining-sanctuary-movement/a55662-1 December 29, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window More than 1,000 people have volunteered for the “Sanctuary in the Streets” program. (Harvey Finkle) PHILADELPHIA — The number of houses of … Continued

Endorse the Clean Water for the Woodlands Fund Drive

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Please take a minute to join faith communities and faith leaders around Pennsylvania to endorse the Clean Water for the Woodlands fund drive at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNJ6PygKNyvR4Y411VXwnz_lDV5q0enDGFNYMPAgeb-pTvnA/viewform. Many families in towns and rural communities across the shale fields of Pennsylvania where modern … Continued