By Don Hopey / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette The Pennsylvania Medical Society has called for a moratorium on new shale gas drilling and hydraulic fracturing and is urging the state to establish an independent health registry and start studying fracking’s public health … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/31/bill-ayers-asks-what-will-happen-if-we-consider-education-a-human-right-not-a-mere-product/ It was great to escape the deplorable, scary election news to spend Friday evening in conversation with Bill Ayers, on a tour to promote his new book, Demand the Impossible: A Radical Manifesto. Ayers is best known … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-10-31/energy-policy/pa-senate-bill-threatens-energy-efficiency-efforts/a54728-1 October 31, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Large commercial and industrial customers use almost one-third of all electricity consumed in Pennsylvania. (pexels.com) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Environmentalists say a bill … Continued
From Fair Districts PA (http://www.fairdistrictspa.com): Across America and Pennsylvania, voters are sending a clear message: the unaccountable “politics-as-usual” that empowers insider interests at the expense of everyday citizens is unacceptable. The partisan manipulation of legislative districts behind closed doors denies … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/10/28/outcomes-programs-work-human-needs/#.WBNxiC0rIdU By Lecia Imbery October 28, 2016 As supporters of human needs programs, we know federal programs are essential and effective tools in the fight against poverty and inequality. Now we have new advocacy tools that help you show … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): This week, NPR and The Marshall Project published a series of stories uncovering the harrowing use of torture at the Lewisburg federal penitentiary in central Pennsylvania, where incarcerated people are routinely forced … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/10/28/community-schools-steady-improvement-for-students-and-support-for-families/ A test-score-yardstick and a short time line—those are the tools we use these days to evaluate school improvement. Bush’s No Child Left Behind and Obama’s Race to the Top gave us four approved plans for school “turnaround,” … Continued
From Heeding God’s Call (http://www.heedinggodscall.org): The ‘special standing’ legislation sought by the gun lobby has failed to date to gain passage during the current session of the PA House of Representatives in Harrisburg, which adjourned on October 26 without taking action. As you may … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): The PA legislature has gaveled out of its final session day before the elections. Thanks to your strong advocacy, HB 530, truly terrible charter school legislation, did not come up for a vote this week. … Continued
From Families Against Mandatory Minimums (http://famm.org/): Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. And at FAMM, we’re not celebrating. This law established our current federal mandatory minimum drug sentencing laws, which we are working to … Continued