From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): On September 13, the PA Supreme Court heard oral arguments for the school funding lawsuit. The courtroom was packed with parents, advocates, faith leaders, school and elected officials, and community members from throughout the … Continued
Posted at http://www.chn.org/2016/09/14/impossible-choices/#.V9m3-vkrIdU By David Elliot September 14, 2016 Of course we know that hunger exists in America – and that an estimated 15.3 million children in our country, or one in five, live in a household where there is a real … Continued
Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2016/09/01/3-safety-net-improvements-help-keep-families-together/ September 1, 2016 | Megan Martin & Shadi Houshyar (AP Photo/Tamir Kalifa) There is a common narrative about the families who are involved with child welfare systems—one that portrays parents as abusive and unfit (or unwilling) to care for their children. … Continued
This week, Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and Redeemed PA are launching the #WeNeedToWork Campaign! The #WeNeedToWork Campaign is fighting for jobs programs in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania. This labor day, we are bringing attention to the thousands of people in … Continued
The Washington Post “As far as federal labor law is concerned … charter schools are not public schools but private corporations … Charters … supplant public schools, which are run by elected officials, with nonprofit and for-profit corporations that are … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): We now know that July of 2016 was the warmest month recorded since we began keeping track in the late 1800s – beating the previous record that was set just one year ago. And … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-08-31/climate-change-air-quality/report-rising-sea-levels-threaten-wildlife/a53818-2 August 31, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Wetlands need to be able to migrate inland as sea levels rise. (U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Rising … Continued
From Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty (http://www.pa-abolitionists.org/): Two innocent men won court victories last Tuesday. James A. Dennis and Anthony Wright have a lot in common. They are both African American, both were wrongfully imprisoned for over 20 … Continued
Twenty-six years after the World Health Organization and other international groups signed a document calling to protect, promote and support breastfeeding in order to improve public health, U.S. breastfeeding rates still fall short of national goals. This failure is not … Continued
From the Pennsylvania Immigration and Citizenship Coalition (http://www.paimmigrant.org): Back in July the ACLU and the Education Law Center filed a lawsuit against the Lancaster school district for diverting older refugee students with limited English proficiency to a privately operated alternative school, … Continued