From Pennsylvania Interfaith Power and Light (http://www.paipl.org): Join PA IPL on our 2022 Climate Justice Bike & Hike, May 1-May 29. Bike 100 miles or Walk 50 miles and share your stories with us, your family & friends. Visit our new website to … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): (From Bill Underwood at the Sentencing Project) I hope you never wake up in a cell, knowing that a wrong move could mean you won’t survive the day. I had to do just that for … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/04/01/title-42-wind-down-welcomed-not-enough-secure-immigration-justice-say-rights-groups “With an end date for Title 42 now set, it’s time for President Biden to fulfill his promise to build a just and humane asylum system,” said the ACLU. JULIA CONLEY April 1, 2022 Immigrant rights advocates … Continued
From Amnesty International USA (http://www.amnestyusa.org): With 4 million Ukrainian refugees on the move, the world’s response has been tremendous: A German rail company offered free train travel for all Ukrainians coming from Poland… strangers opened up their homes throughout Europe… … Continued
From Clean Water Action (http://www.cleanwateraction.org/): We all deserve to live in a healthy environment free of toxic pollution. Our families have a right to safe drinking water, clean air, clean energy, and the ability to help shape decision-making in your … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Advancing our education in hopes of a stable future shouldn’t result in decades of financial hardship. While running for President, Joe Biden promised to cancel student loan debt, and it’s time to get the job done. … Continued
From Keystone Research Center/Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (https://krc-pbpc.org/): Elections are fundamental to democracy, and they cost money to run. We are all watching elected officials — the very people who have the responsibility for making government work — complain … Continued
From PennFuture (http://www.pennfuture.org): We are thrilled to announce that PennFuture just released the second episode of our new podcast, called “Environmental Voices: The PennFuture Podcast.” Our goal on Environmental Voices is to tell the critically important environmental stories facing Pennsylvanians … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2022-03-30/budget-policy-and-priorities/federal-funds-coming-to-pa-for-watershed-restoration/a78472-1 March 30, 2022 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania is receiving more than $3 million in federal funding for watershed restoration projects. Conservation groups said it will help the state … Continued
From the Economic Policy Institute (http://www.epi.org/): In honor of April Fools’ Day, we give you three charts that should be April Fools’ jokes—but unfortunately are all too real. CEOs make 351 times as much as typical workers From 1978 to … Continued