From the Vera Institute of Justice (https://www.vera.org/): Too often, people who are immigrants are detained and deported simply because they can’t afford an attorney. Of the more than 1.25 million people with pending cases in the immigration court system – … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): We have a historic opportunity to increase funding for Pennsylvania’s parks, forests and special outdoor places. There’s one thing all Pennsylvanians can agree on: we’re blessed with an incredible network of parks, forests and public lands. From … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Politicians are playing games with our lives. We’ve felt the impact of their obstruction for years, but over the last few days, their antics came to a point of horrific consequences for all Pennsylvanians. Send a message … Continued
From POWER Interfaith (http://www.powerinterfaith.org/): As many of you know, since 2014 POWER Interfaith has been demanding an end to the structural racism in PA K-12 state funding. During June 2022, the POWER Education Justice Campaign is fully supporting Gov. Wolf’s … Continued
From the National Low Income Housing Coalition (http://www.nlihc.org): During an NLIHC-led HoUSed campaign call on June 6, Maxine Waters (D-CA), chairwoman of the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, reported that centrist Senator Joe Manchin opposes including housing investments in a … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (https://krc-pbpc.org/): New Keystone Research brief profiles workers who would benefit Harrisburg, PA – Yesterday at a press conference with Sen. Art Haywood, the Keystone Research Center (KRC) released a new brief outlining who would benefit from … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/views/2022/06/13/5-reasons-we-need-national-organization-energize-fight-single-payer Health care is a national crisis that requires a national solution. JUDY ALBERT, CLAIRE M. COHEN, SANDRA FOX, ED GRYSTAR, ANA MALINOW, KAY TILLOW June 13, 2022 Now is the time. There is a need for a national group of grassroots activists … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/06/13/people-over-pentagon-proposal-would-take-100-billion-pentagon-fund-social-programs The Lee-Pocan bill disproves the claim that there’s not money to feed the hungry, care for the sick, cut child poverty, or protect the planet,” said one proponent. JESSICA CORBETT June 13, 2022 Progressive advocacy groups across the … Continued
From the Clean Air Council (http://www.cleanair.org/): Later this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be proposing the full version of its much anticipated rule limiting climate-changing methane and asthma-causing volatile organic compound (VOC) pollution from new and existing … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): A new analysis from The Sentencing Project debunks the widespread narrative that youth crime exploded during the pandemic. The report finds scarce evidence of a new youth-led crime wave. Rather, most of the data suggests … Continued