From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Despite the Governor’s promise to cut methane and other harmful air pollution, 1.5 million Pennsylvanians who live within a half-mile of natural gas infrastructure still have no protections. Tell Governor Wolf it is time … Continued
From Common Cause (http://www.commoncause.org): Elections are supposed to represent the will of the people, not politicians. But here in Pennsylvania, partisan politicians manipulate voting maps to keep themselves and their party in power. We need to reform the rules and … Continued
From American Rivers (https://www.americanrivers.org/): January 31, 2018 Washington –The Trump Administration today formally delayed implementation of the Clean Water Rule, the latest in a series of judicial and administrative maneuvers that strip protection from small streams and wetlands and put … Continued
From the Women’s Law Project (http://www.womenslawproject.org/): We are in the midst of an extraordinary culture shift. The #MeToo and #TimesUp movements have unleashed a fury on the part of women who have been subjected to behaviors which, at their worst, … Continued
The first episode of season two of the Prophetic Resistance Podcast is available online today! This episode is the first in a three-part series of recordings from the Prophetic Resistance Summit this past October. It features Rabbi Sharon Brous, a … Continued
For the ACLU, it is more apparent than ever that we need a new generation of civil liberties advocates to continue the fight for freedom. That’s exactly why we established the ACLU Summer Advocacy Institute for rising high school juniors … Continued
From Clean Water for All (http://protectcleanwater.org/): “Remember the Trump administration’s infrastructure plan? The one that promised America job-boosting projects for gleaming highways and bridges? Well, so far the Trump-branded New Deal has fallen by the wayside; the job-creation program of … Continued
From Clean Water for All (http://protectcleanwater.org/): “The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a series of waivers for the construction of a border wall section in New Mexico. The department announced that it would be waiving more than 30 … Continued
From the #ShutDownBerks Coalition (https://www.facebook.com/ShutDownBerksCoalition/): In the coming weeks, the Shut Down Berks Coalition will be organizing a month of lobbying to persuade Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf to issue an Emergency Removal Order, thus ensuring no further families are held … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): On January 30, President Trump signed an executive order revoking President Obama’s executive order directing the closure of the detention facilities at Guantanamo Bay. Please find a statement from Rev. Ron Stief, … Continued