From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): We hope you’ve seen the news because right now congress is on its way to making HISTORIC investments in child care and other critical programs for families and we need YOUR voice to get this WIN … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-11-16/education/bill-would-address-barriers-to-graduation-for-some-pa-kids/a76561-1 November 16, 2021 – Emily Scott, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. — A bill making its way through the Pennsylvania General Assembly would help ensure a smooth transition to graduation for … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): Why are the American people still getting ripped off on essential medicines like insulin? The answer: Big Pharma greed. That’s the simple reason why insulin, and so many other essential medicines, are so … Continued
From Education Voters of Pennsylvania (http://www.educationvoterspa.org/): After years of fighting for fair education funding and seven years after the lawsuit was filed, Pennsylvania’s students and families are finally getting their day in court. Click HERE to watch a livestream of … Continued
We need your voice. The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania opposes House Bill 1800. We further oppose several proposed amendments, including amendment A02957, which imposes an unnecessarily tight timetable for tabulating mail in or absentee votes, and imposes severe financial consequences … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/12/activists-slam-weasel-words-new-cop26-text-negotiators-water-down-climate-deal “The oily imprints of fossil fuel influence” are all over an updated draft text, climate leaders warned. JAKE JOHNSON November 12, 2021 Climate advocates warned Friday that “the fingerprints of the fossil fuel industry” are all over a … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): Momentum is building for the Build Back Better Act and with it will come some BIG improvements to health care! The time is now! We need YOUR voice, YOUR persistence, and YOUR push to get it … Continued
From PennEnvironment (http://www.pennenvironment.org): Just one month after a pipeline leak spilled 25,000 gallons of oil into California’s coastal waters, an oil and gas lease sale in the Gulf of Mexico is set to take place.1 The Bureau of Ocean Management … Continued
Posted at https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/11/11/human-rights-advocates-condemn-intolerable-abuse-refugees-trapped-poland-belarus “A few thousand people at Europe’s Polish border, many of whom have fled some of the worst crises in the world, is a drop in the ocean compared to the number of people displaced to countries that … Continued
From CeaseFirePA (http://www.ceasefirepa.org): Senate Republicans took less than 30 seconds to dismiss each solution offered to gun violence. NO discussion of Senator Fontana’s suicide preventing Extreme Risk Protection Orders. NO argument against Senator Santarsiero’s Universal Background Checks NO debate on … Continued