From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): When the next Congress is sworn in, we know that there will be at least 56 new members. It is imperative that we show them and returning members that the human needs community … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/10/01/citizenship-question-will-hurt-us/#.W7UFBntKgdU By Lecia Imbery October 1, 2018 On September 30, The New York Times published an opinion piece written by William Frey, a demographer, professor, and fellow at the Brookings Institution, about the Trump Administration’s efforts to include a citizenship question … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): On September 28 House Republicans voted in favor of a second round of tax cuts. They have marketed this extension of the individual tax cuts in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) as … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): This year, a company called SAExploration could be surveying for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Massive trucks would crawl across the tundra, sending shockwaves into the ground right in prime polar bear denning … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): With just a few days left in Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania House intends to vote on a bill designed to suppress our First Amendment rights to peaceful protest. Senate Bill 652, cunningly known as the Critical Infrastructure Protection … Continued
On September 26, the Pennsylvania House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee voted in favor of an amended version of a Senate bill designed to quash protest. It is modeled after a sample bill written by the American Legislative Exchange Council … Continued
From 350.org (https://350.org/): Just a few short weeks ago, a federal judge ruled that the Administration’s review of Keystone XL was inadequate – now, the administration is back again with another sloppy review just 37 days later saying the impacts of … Continued
From PA Post (https://papost.org/): The map shows the Mariner East 2 pipeline’s path across 17 Pennsylvania counties on its way to the Marcus Hook industrial complex in Delaware County, where the natural gas liquids it carries will be shipped overseas … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/09/26/poor-peoples-campaign-national-call-moral-revival/#.W6zmAHtKgdU By David Elliot September 26, 2018 Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA), flanked on her right by Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI, and on her left by House Minority leader Nancy Pelosi (D-CA, and Rep. David Price (D-NC) Anti-poverty advocates gathered … Continued
The Guardian Oliver Milman Last modified on Mon 24 Sep 2018 11.42 EDT After her house flooded for the third year in a row, Elizabeth Boineau was ready to flee. She packed her possessions into dozens of boxes, tried not to … Continued