From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): Mothers at the Berks family detention center are on a hunger strike to demand freedom for their families. On August 8th, 22 mothers detained at the Berks County family detention center started a hunger strike, … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-23/climate-change-air-quality/big-changes-for-big-rig-emissions-on-pa-roads/a53681-1 August 23, 2016 – Mary Kuhlman, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Semi trucks traveling across Pennsylvania will soon have to include improved carbon-emissions technology. (Tony Webster/flickr.com) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Pennsylvania drivers have to … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): In just a few weeks, the United Nations and President Obama will host summits on the refugee crisis. Right now, with over 60 million people around the world displaced, it is more important than ever that global leaders … Continued
From Americans United for Separation of Church and State (http://www.au.org): This bill, introduced by Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA) and Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-MA), would ensure that the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) couldn’t be used to exempt people … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/08/22/tanf-at-twenty/#.V7xiCfkrIdU By Deborah Weinstein August 22, 2016 Twenty years ago today, President Bill Clinton signed the law that placed a time limit on cash assistance for poor families with children and required some degree of work, job search, or training … Continued
Saturday, 20 August 2016 00:00 By George Monbiot, the Guardian | News Analysis Excerpted, bolded and underlined below by contributor Rachel Mark The media turns us away from the issues that will determine the course of our lives, and towards topics of … Continued
From Equality PA (http://www.equalitypa.org): Senator Lisa Baker has scheduled a hearing on SB 1306—legislation to extend protections to LGBT workers across the state—in the Labor and Industry Committee on August 30th. At the hearing, lawmakers will hear testimony on why … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/08/15/earth-just-experienced-hottest-month-books-period Published on Monday, August 15, 2016 by Common Dreams Plus, scientists say there’s a “99 percent chance of a new annual record in 2016” By Lauren McCauley, staff writer July 2016 was “the warmest month of any … Continued
From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): Charter schools spend twice as much as district-run public schools do in administration costs. Charters pay their top officials far more. And since 2007, district reimbursements to charters have outpaced actual charter … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): Yet again, an image of a little Syrian boy is shaking us to our core. A year after the devastating pictures of little Aylan Kurdi’s body washed ashore on a Turkish beach, images of another little … Continued