From Americans for Tax Fairness (https://americansfortaxfairness.org/): For too long, the rich and powerful have been using anonymous corporations and our rigged system to launder money and dodge taxes. No more! The U.S. House just passed a bipartisan bill to end … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): A new feature film being released by Amazon Studios this fall, The Report, depicts the brutal post-9/11 CIA torture program and the congressional investigation that uncovered the truth about the program – … Continued
The Supreme Court’s controversial Citizens United decision has allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money to influence elections, anonymously confuse the public on science, and delay action on critical public health, safety, and environmental protections. That’s why we’re supporting … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/10/24/we-have-get-right-historic-bill-us-house-would-create-specific-protections-climate Published on Thursday, October 24, 2019 by Common Dreams “If we are going to meaningfully discuss comprehensive climate equity and climate justice, we must inject security assistance and resettlement opportunities for climate-displaced persons into our conversations.” By … Continued
From Pennsylvania Common Cause: (https://www.commoncause.org/pennsylvania/): This week in Harrisburg, a package of critical election reforms was presented to the Pennsylvania Legislature for consideration, SB421. Common Cause Pennsylvania was honored to work on some of this bi-partisan legislation that will improve … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Urge your US representative to support the 100% Clean Economy Act of 2019. Our nation’s leaders must create policies that take the entire United States economy to a sustainable future. This Act will move federal agencies … Continued
From Natural Resources Defense Council (https://www.nrdc.org/): Any day now, a group of key state lawmakers will decide the fate of a bill (SB 596) that would increase the number of electric vehicles and charging stations on Pennsylvania’s roads. We need … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Every year, more than 250,000 tons of plastic pellets spill into the environment.1 These tiny fragments, used in plastic manufacturing, swirl in the water and wash up on shore in humongous drifts. The Clean Water Act is … Continued
As you may know, high-quality pre-k is just one element of early childhood education. Other important early learning programs include evidence-based home visiting and high-quality infant/toddler child care. These three programs together comprise a continuum of services that helps Pennsylvania … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Health Access Network (http://www.pahealthaccess.org): We have some GREAT news! Thanks to the pressure that you put on Reps. in Harrisburg, HB 1347, the bill that would have taken our limited protections against surprise bills for ambulance rides … Continued