From Public Citizens for Children and Youth (http://www.pccy.org): It’s always darkest before the dawn, or so the saying goes. When it comes to the seemingly endless human rights and child abuse crisis of migrants, the cliché offers little credibility or … Continued
From the Better Path Coalition (https://www.betterpathcoalition.org/): Earlier this summer, the Better Path Coalition worked with other organizations to gather signatures on a letter we delivered to Governor Tom Wolf calling for an investigation into a spike in rare cancers in … Continued
From Pennsylvania Common Cause: (https://www.commoncause.org/pennsylvania/): There’s a lot going on in Harrisburg lately, and we want to make sure you’re informed! On Friday, June 28th, the Pennsylvania legislative assembly adjourned for the final time until September. Within the last few … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): CLASP condemns the Administration’s raids on immigrant families. These enforcement actions will severely undermine immigrant children’s healthy development. Our research shows that children in immigrant families live in constant fear that a parent will be deported. Raids … Continued
From Win Without War (https://winwithoutwar.org/): In exactly two weeks, Syrians with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in the U.S. will hear whether they’re at risk of deportation to a warzone. There aren’t many options left for Syrians fleeing humanitarian crises created … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): The House of Representatives has passed the Raise the Wage Act, which would raise the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2025. This is thanks to your hard work, and that of … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Great news! House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer announced via Twitter that for the first time in history, a standalone bill to protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge from oil and gas drilling has come … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): Today, reports surfaced that some administration officials have proposed resettling zero refugees in 2020 – all during the worst refugee crisis in world history. Zeroing out refugee resettlement would amount to a full refugee ban, with grave … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): This week, after a years-long legal battle, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed the City of Pittsburgh’s authority to enforce the Paid Sick Days Act (PSDA) signed into law back in 2015. As a result, … Continued
From People’s Action (https://peoplesaction.org/): Earlier this week, the U.S. House of Representatives voted to pass the Raise the Wage Act of 2019, H.R. 582, which would gradually increase the federal minimum wage from $7.25 to $15 per hour by 2025. This … Continued