From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Add your signature here! https://action.momsrising.org/sign/Maternal_Health_Act/ Every year in the U.S., 700 to 900 women die from pregnancy or childbirth-related causes, and some 65,000 nearly die — in fact, the United States has the worst maternal death record … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): The U.S. Sentencing Commission has released a set of proposed priorities for its work that could result in new and amended guidelines late next year. As always, the commission has asked for public comment … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org): Since 1973, the top 1 percent in Pennsylvania have captured 45.7 percent of overall income growth: As of 2015, Pennsylvania is the 14th most unequal in the nation Read the full report here. Download County … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): Even as incomes of the bottom 99 percent improve with a strengthening economy, the gap between the top 1 percent and everyone else continues to grow. EPI is out with a new report, “The … Continued
By Miriam Jordan July 18, 2018 Leer en español LOS ANGELES — The Trump administration, faced with a public outcry over the separation of migrant families at the Southwest border, has said it is exploring a major expansion of family detention … Continued
From Raise the Wage PA (http://raisethewagepa.org/): Act now to tell the PA Department of Labor and Industry to raise the overtime threshold for workers to help protect working families. Here is a page that makes it easy to submit comments … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): The House will be voting any day now on a must-pass spending bill, and more than a dozen anti-environment provisions are along for the ride. These “riders” get tacked on to vital legislation because they would prove … Continued
From the Every Child Matters Education Fund (http://www.everychildmatters.org/): Did you know that young children–those under age five–have been undercounted in the U.S. Census for decades and at a higher rate than any other age group? In fact, the last census … Continued
Posted at https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2018/7/13/1780049/-Study-84-of-road-transportation-could-green-electrified-by-2050 Friday July 13, 2018 · 10:45 AM EDT Dan Gearino writes and edits the Clean Economy Weekly newsletter for Inside Climate News, the Pulitzer-winning news site. If you’d like to receive the newsletter, you can sign up here. Here is … Continued