From UUPLAN (http://www.uuplan.com/): UUPLAN will host a Lunch and Learn about creating safe, stable, sustainable jobs in renewable energy on April 19th in Hearing Room 2 of the North Office Building from 11am-1pm. Both the House and the Senate are … Continued
From the Committee of Seventy (https://www.seventy.org/): We grouse about gerrymandering just about every week, but not as side-splittingly as John Oliver did last Sunday on HBO’s Last Week Tonight. “Election results should not be the results of politicians’ crazy lines,” … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): At this time more than 20 million people are facing starvation as famine looms in Yemen, Somalia, Nigeria, and has already been declared in parts of South Sudan. The United Nations has warned that the world … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): I’m the Mayor of Lancaster, and one of the toughest and most heartbreaking challenges I face is gun violence. So, working with city council, we’ve passed some ordinances we think help make Lancaster safer, like requiring people … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2017/04/13/must-invest-housing/#.WO-NcPkrIdU By Deborah Weinstein April 13, 2017 It really was great news that Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, Matthew Desmond’s urgent wake-up call about the gross injustice of evictions, won the Pulitzer Prize. The painful reality of housing … Continued
From Creation Justice Ministries (http://www.creationjustice.org/): Each year, Creation Justice Ministries offers a resource to help Christian communities pray, learn, and act on a certain issue. This year’s theme is “Environmental Justice with Indigenous Peoples.” The resource includes information about the … Continued
Youth United for Change and the Education Law Center have developed a short survey that we’re asking community members statewide to complete. They would be incredibly appreciative if you could take the survey at link and share the survey with your … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-04-12/environment/report-finding-fixing-gas-leaks-a-win-win-win/a57228-1 April 12, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The oil and gas industry loses $1.3 billion worth of product through emissions each year. (Datu Research) PITTSBURGH – Finding and fixing … Continued
Posted at http://www.commondreams.org/news/2017/04/11/trump-administration-considering-back-door-way-cut-social-security Published on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 by Common Dreams ‘If Trump proposes this Trojan horse, it would be the newest shot in the ongoing Republican war against Social Security’ By Deirdre Fulton, staff writer Social Security Works … Continued
Posted at http://thirdandstate.org/2017/april/why-do-rural-legislators-vote-voucher-programs-deliver-no-benefits-their-counties Apr 07, 2017 01:04 pm | Stephen Herzenberg Imagine two Pennsylvania programs that subsidize a mix of the state’s most expensive private schools catering to the very rich plus faith-based instruction hostile to those with different beliefs. … Continued