From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): This year temperatures are soaring, heat records are breaking, and people across the nation are being affected by our changing climate. As people of faith, we are called to honor Creation and protect our vulnerable … Continued
From the Campaign for Fair Education Funding (http://fairfundingpa.org/): The Campaign’s infographics and one pagers are great resources for understanding why we need to fully fund Pennsylvania’s schools. Please share, and don’t forget to use our hashtag: #FairFundingPA Twitter: @FairFundingPA Facebook: fairfundingpa
…[Andrew] Appel’s mischief might be called an occupational asset: He is part of a diligent corps of so-called cyber-academics—professors who have spent the past decade serving their country by relentlessly hacking it. Electronic voting machines—particularly a design called Direct Recording … Continued
To meet the challenge of the climate crisis we need information and inspiration. The film Groundswell Rising, Protecting Our Children’s Air and Water, (groundswellrising.com) is a great tool for learning and inspiration. Our new YouTube Channel features videos, music, clips … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Keystone Research Center Labor Economist Mark Price co-authored a report released this week entitled, “Income inequality in the U.S. by state, metropolitan area, and county.” The report shows that, while the incomes of the bottom 99 … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/06/17/congratulations-rep-gwen-moore-shining-light-efforts-stigmatize-poor/#.V2lnVvkrIdU By Deborah Weinstein June 17, 2016 Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) wants government to be even-handed. Her own state’s Governor Scott Walker would like to expand mandatory drug testing to participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/07/07/fact-week-1-6-households-struggled-food-hardship-2015/ By Melissa Roark, July 7, 2016 Have there been times in the past 12 months when you did not have enough money to buy food for you or your family? Gallup put this question to nearly 118,000 households … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): The Forest Service just released a timber sale in the Tongass National Forest that will allow for logging alongside one of the most important wild salmon streams in southeast Alaska. We need your help … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2016/july/boom-and-bust-lessons-gas-patch Jul 06, 2016 01:38 pm | Jan Jarrett In 2011, the town of Towanda in Bradford County was at the epicenter of the shale drilling boom. A visitor would have been hard-pressed to find a vacant hotel … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): Posted at http://pahealthaccess.org/7238/ Prison, while not the ideal venue, can often be the first entry point into the healthcare system for someone with a substance use disorder or mental health issue. Nationally, and … Continued