From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): We now know that July of 2016 was the warmest month recorded since we began keeping track in the late 1800s – beating the previous record that was set just one year ago. And … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-31/climate-change-air-quality/report-rising-sea-levels-threaten-wildlife/a53818-2 August 31, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Wetlands need to be able to migrate inland as sea levels rise. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Rising … Continued
From Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/): Two innocent men won court victories last Tuesday. James A. Dennis and Anthony Wright have a lot in common. They are both African American, both were wrongfully imprisoned for over 20 … Continued
Twenty-six years after the World Health Organization and other international groups signed a document calling to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in order to improve public health, U.S. breastfeeding rates still fall short of national goals. This failure is not … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): Back in July the ACLU and the Education Law Center filed a lawsuit against the Lancaster school district for diverting older refugee students with limited English proficiency to a privately operated alternative school, … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): As many of you know, mothers currently being held at the Berks Family Detention Center launched a hunger strike three weeks ago to demand their immediate release. These women have faced threats … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/29/tacit-admission-cruelty-dhs-says-it-too-may-end-profit-prisons Published on Monday, August 29, 2016 by Common Dreams “Private immigration detention facilities are inconsistent with international human rights standards” By Andrea Germanos, staff writer Rights advocates demonstrate outside the GEO Group’s “Immigrant Processing Center” in Aurora, … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): A year after the devastating pictures of little Alan Kurdi’s body washed ashore on a Turkish beach, images of another little boy are making the rounds on social media and forcing us to stop and … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-29/budget-policy-and-priorities/one-dollar-one-vote-campaign-finance-research-says-yes/a53763-1 August 29, 2016 – Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The wealthiest Americans have the most influence on government, according to new research. (Dodgerton Skillhause/Morguefile) HARRISBURG, Pa. – As public outrage over … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/25/democracy-wins-biggest-gerrymandering-case-generation-moves-forward Published on Thursday, August 25, 2016 ‘Gerrymandering pits political power against the people, regardless of which party holds power’ By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer The Maryland State Capitol building, in Annapolis. The Washington Post has called Maryland … Continued