From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Every once in a while something uplifting and amazing happens in Washington, D.C.— and when that special something happens, it’s likely because moms, dads, and concerned people like YOU have spoken out! That’s what’s currently happening … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): The Senate is about to debate two spending bills together: one covers the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education; the other, Pentagon spending. Labor-HHS-Ed does not get a fair share … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): August 7 marked Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, a day that symbolizes how long into 2018 an African American woman would have to work in order to be paid the same wages her white … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): In an urgent effort to stop the administration from cutting refugee resettlement to a drastic new low, we are launching our brand new #Welcome75k Toolkit and a religious leader sign-on letter. Please join us … Continued
Posted at https://www.nelp.org/news-releases/missouri-voters-repeal-anti-union-right-work-law/ Posted August 7, 2018 In response to the Proposition A veto referendum in which Missouri voters resoundingly repealed Senate Bill 19, the state’s right-to-work law, Christine Owens, executive director of the National Employment Law Project, issued the … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): 3D guns are a grave threat to public safety and national security. It is madness to give everyone in the world free instructions on how to produce them. 3D guns are untraceable, because they don’t have … Continued
Books 500 Insects: A Visual Reference. Stephen A. Marshall. Animal, Vegetable, Miracle: A Year of Food Life. Barbara Kingsolver with Steven L. Hopp & Camille Kingsolver. Becoming Nature: Learning the Language of Wild Animals and Plants. Tamarack Song. Being a … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/08/08/250000-comments-submitted-demanded-fair-thorough-2020-census/#.W2xJ3M5KgdU By David Elliot August 8, 2018 We’ve been telling you about efforts by the Administration to include a citizenship question on the 2020 Census – you can read earlier posts about this issue here and here. Together with a broad and … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): The family separation crisis happening at the border is a human rights disaster, not to mention the Administration’s “zero tolerance” and other anti-immigrant policies. Families are still arriving, seeking to escape physical … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): PICC is excited to announce that it is hiring a full-time staff member based in Pittsburgh! The Western PA Program Staff will be responsible for moving forward PICC’s Capacity Building Program and advocacy work … Continued