Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-11-01/civil-rights/lawsuit-challenges-pa-prisons-mail-policy/a64487-1 November 1, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania prisoners have been advised not to use mail to communicate with their attorneys.(diegoattorney/pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Photocopying mail from attorneys to … Continued
Across the United States, Americans congregate in faith-based venues to worship, learn, play, and bond as a community. However, public gatherings are vulnerable, and adversaries may perceive houses of worship as attractive targets where they can inflict mass casualties, cause … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/31/birthright-citizens-take-birthright-citizenship/#.W9n3gHtKgdU By Nicolai Haddal October 31, 2018 On Tuesday, Oct. 30, President Trump vowed to end birthright citizenship for children born to non-citizens on U.S. soil. While experts agree the President can’t use an executive order to strip away this Constitutional … Continued
From the Food Research and Action Center (http://www.frac.org): WASHINGTON, October 31, 2018 — One in 10 households with seniors (age 60+) participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), on average each year between 2012–2016. This is according to U.S. … Continued
Posted at https://endhomelessness.org/resource/enough-permanent-housing-placements-one-third-families-experience-homelessness-annually/ Each year, approximately 45,000 rapid re-housing placements are available to assist homeless families into rental housing and to connect them with services. For families with higher needs, approximately 7,500 units of permanent supportive housing are also available each year. These are vital resources but are no match for the 150,000 … Continued
From the Union of Concerned Scientists (http://www.ucsusa.org): President Trump is seeking to undo decades of successful efforts to reduce the nuclear threat. Last week, he announced that the United States is preparing to withdraw from President Reagan’s 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) … Continued
From Draw the Lines PA (https://drawthelinespa.org/): We are encouraging congregations, adult classes, youth groups, reading groups, and any others in our communities of faith to consider drawing your own Pennsylvania redistricting maps. Draw the Lines PA provides software to help … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In a new report, EPI’s Josh Bivens examines how rapid growth in U.S. health care costs has put sustained downward pressure on wages and incomes. Bivens calculates that, since 1979, American workers have lost almost … Continued
Posted at http://www.witf.org/news/2018/10/us-supreme-court-rejects-another-gop-appeal-over-changes-to-congressional-map.php Written by Emily Previti/Keystone Crossroads | Oct 30, 2018 5:37 AM (Harrisburg) — The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider another appeal by Republican state lawmakers over this year’s changes to Pennsylvania’s congressional district map. With … Continued
Statement from Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition (PJC) Chairman Marc Zucker The Pennsylvania Jewish Coalition (PJC) joins hands with Jewish communities across the Commonwealth and all people of conscience in mourning the victims of what we believe to be the first mass … Continued