Posted at http://www.pogo.org/straus/issues/other-items/pogo-and-others-urge-justice.html By: Lydia Dennett | April 12, 2017 Photo: Valerie Everett/Flickr As foreign influence dominates the news cycle with President Trump’s former National Security Advisor, Michael Flynn, and former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, registering as foreign lobbyists, getting better access to foreign lobbying documents … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On Wednesday, April 19th at 9:30 am, the PA Senate Education Committee will meet in Harrisburg. They will not be discussing how to adequately fund our schools so districts throughout PA can avoid making … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): It has been 20 years since the law that established charter schools in PA was enacted. Significant flaws in this charter school law have surfaced over the past two decades and legislators are now … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Popular Democracy has created a toolkit to help guide cities through the process of creating sanctuary policies. It is directed especially towards elected officials, but should be helpful for advocates and organizers too. There … Continued
From Faith in Public Life (http://www.faithinpubliclife.org): On Good Friday, Maribel Trujillo Diaz, a Catholic mom of four from Fairfield, Ohio, was sitting in a Louisiana detention center awaiting her deportation. Right now, thousands of immigrant mothers like Maribel are being … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): Earlier this month, Republican leaders in the state House of Representatives muscled through their own version of a budget for next year that makes across-the-board cuts, with particularly deep reductions in childcare … Continued
From the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (http://www.itep.org/): Every year around Tax Day, ITEP updates some of its key reports to help put the nation’s tax system in proper context. This year, as people around the country march to … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): A January report by the Office on Violence Against Women at the Department of Justice summarizes key points and recommendations from a meeting of survivors, scholars, and activists examining how criminalization impacts the lives of black … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): “There is no single explanation” for the racial disparity in exonerations, according to a recent report by the National Registry of Exonerations, covered by CNN. African Americans constituted 47% of the 1,900 exonerations listed in … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/14/strong-foundations-the-economic-futures-of-kids-and-communities/#.WPYP5_krIdU By Lecia Imbery April 14, 2017 “Our young people are the future, and we all want them to have the support they need for successful and fulfilling lives. As a central banker, I recognize the benefits to the broader … Continued