Tom Cahill | November 11, 2016 A brilliant guide showing bystanders what to do when seeing Islamophobia in public is spreading on social media. The guide instructs friendly bystanders to do four things in succession: Converse with the victim while ignoring … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-11-15/education/shift-in-federal-ed-priorities-worries-advocates/a54963-1 Play Audio in Browser Window Advocates say shifting funds to charter and private schools would hurt public education. (Hunter Kahn/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – The coming administration in Washington, D. C., may redirect billions of dollars of … Continued
Thursday November 3, 2016 12:01 AM Reading Eagle The Issue: The state’s largest physicians group wants to stop new natural gas drilling while studying the practice’s health effects. Our Opinion: It’s a reasonable, if unrealistic, request. For years, the primary focus of … Continued
Poorly trained police. Underpaid defense attorneys. No support for the wrongly convicted. How did the state’s criminal justice system fail so profoundly? By Lara Bazelon In 1991, the Philadelphia district attorney’s office indicted a 20-year-old black man named Anthony Wright on … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): It’s time to fix the broken Electoral College. It’s time for National Popular Vote. Sign the petition now at https://www.causes.com/actions/1786633-sign-the-petition-to-lawmakers-in-your-state. Many Americans are outraged that for the second time in five elections, the presidential candidate who … Continued
Posted at http://religionnews.com/2016/11/09/3-ways-to-practice-civility-after-a-very-uncivil-election/ By Ed Stetzer | November 9, 2016 (RNS) Have we made civil discourse an oxymoron? The once noble goal of decency in politics seems to have gotten lost, and the Christian’s call to love along with it. For the sake … Continued
By Steven Mufson and Brady Dennis November 9 at 11:34 AM Donald J. Trump comes into office with a plan to toss out most of what President Obama achieved on energy and the environment. While vowing to “cancel” the international Paris climate accord Obama … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): It’s OK to mourn. And critical to provide space, time and togetherness for healing. This is a devastating blow to impacted communities who already live in fear of discrimination, abuse, xenophobia, anti-Muslim sentiment, and deportation. … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-11-10/immigrant-issues/election-brings-fear-to-pa-immigrant-community/a54882-1 November 10, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Immigration advocates say they are planning to disrupt ICE raids. (sanctuaryphiladelphia.org) PHILADELPHIA – President-elect Donald Trump’s election victory is raising fears in … Continued
Posted at http://www.dailyitem.com/opinion/columns/my-turn-end-torture-at-lewisburg-federal-penitentiary/article_5cff8512-9a73-50e0-937c-1d5a4bef9ff3.html The Rev. Sandra L. Strauss/My Turn The U.S. Penitentiary at Lewisburg in a Aug. 2014 file photo The recent NPR/Marshall Project reports of torture at the Lewisburg Federal Penitentiary may have been a revelation for many Americans, … Continued