Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-09-27/health-issues/pa-voters-favor-closing-clean-indoor-air-loopholes/a59587-1 September 27, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Even 37 percent of smokers in Pennsylvania told pollsters they’d favor smoke-free workplace laws. (StockSnap/Pixabay) HARRISBURG, Pa. – More than two-thirds of … Continued
The US Environmental Protection Agency is holding webinar listening sessions on the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Different webinars are available for different interests. There are no sessions specifically aimed at people of faith, but people of faith … Continued
Parents and children detained at the Berks County Residential Center don’t have much. They are asking for help in getting both necessary items and some fun things for the kids. Consider visiting the wish list at Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/registry/wishlist/2NNABCSG0TYA1/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_ep_ws_MMhYzbK6SAFRF brightening … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): “I’m frustrated that our childcare costs more than our rent AND our car payments COMBINED.”– Christina Each day at MomsRising we hear from people like Christina who are struggling to find high-quality, affordable early learning opportunities, … Continued
From Church World Service (http://www.churchworldservice.org): The Trump administration set the refugee admissions goal for next fiscal year at 45,000 – the lowest goal in U.S. history and a reprehensible violation of our nation’s values of compassion, hospitality, and welcome. We … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): For more than 40 years, in schools, homes, congregations, and community centers across the US, Oxfam supporters have been holding Oxfam Hunger Banquets. If you’ve never been to one, it’s a powerful experience that will change … Continued
Last January, you fought back when President Trump signed a discriminatory executive order that blocked refugees and individuals from certain Muslim-majority countries from traveling to the United States. You flooded airports, showed up at rallies, called your elected officials and … Continued
From Repairers of the Breach (http://www.breachrepairers.org/): Donald Trump is not the first politician to openly stoke racism and hatred. He is a part of a much larger system of white supremacy that is reinforced in our nation election after election. … Continued
From Physicians for Social Responsibility (http://www.psr.org): Today we made history. Our decades-long campaign to bring the nuclear ban to the United Nations has finally come to fruition. This morning, heads of state from around the world gathered at the United … Continued
Huffington Post 09/20/2017 06:56 pm ET Updated 4 days ago Washington state Attorney General Bob Ferguson said that GEO Group should pay minimum wage to detainees who work inside its center. By Elise Foley The state of Washington sued a private prison … Continued