From Driving PA Forward (https://drivingpaforward.org/): Last week the Driving PA Forward Coalition took a huge step by having their legislation for driver’s licenses for all introduced! HB2835 will: Provide safety to all drivers in Pennsylvania by ensuring that all drivers have passed the … Continued
From Friends Committee on National Legislation (http://www.fcnl.org): As you know, Congress will be returning next week, and we’re focusing on getting another COVID bill that meets the depth and scope of the crisis. Two critical policies are enabling mixed status … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): It’s not just that we lock up too many people. We lock up too many people for far too long. We leave them in prison for years—even decades. Some remain behind bars even though … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/08/28/never-give-ronnie-long-wrongfully-convicted-all-white-jury-freed-after-44-years Published on Friday, August 28, 2020 by Common Dreams Sentenced to life behind bars for a rape he did not commit, Long’s attorneys learned in 2015 that investigators withheld exculpatory evidence proving his innocence. By Brett Wilkins, … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Immigrants are such a vital part of our essential workforce every day, and especially during the COVID-19 pandemic. They are putting their lives on the line to keep our health care system and our economy going … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The administration is trying to change the very definition of the word “habitat” — a change that would make it even harder to save threatened creatures under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).1 At a time when wildlife … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, more than 12 million people have likely lost their employer-sponsored health insurance. The inefficiencies and problems caused by the U.S. system of tying access to health insurance … Continued
Summer meal programs can continue operating as funding allows (Washington, DC, August 31, 2020) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will extend several flexibilities through as late as December 31, 2020. The … Continued
From the Better Path Coalition (https://www.betterpathcoalition.org/): We need your help stopping a Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) project before it starts. Many of you have already signed our petition calling on the Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) to say NO to a permit … Continued
Did you know that the United Nations has proclaimed 2015-2024 the International Decade for People of African Descent? In proclaiming this Decade, the international community is recognizing that people of African descent represent a distinct group whose human rights must … Continued