Position Summary: A statewide campaign based in Harrisburg and advocating for improved funding for Pennsylvania’s public schools is seeking an experienced State Field Coordinator to start May 1, 2016. The Field Coordinator will help coordinate the community outreach of the … Continued
From the Citizens Trade Campaign (http://www.citizenstrade.org): Last Friday, the White House officially notified Congress that the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would require waiving U.S. “Buy America” government purchasing preferences for goods and services from Vietnam, Malaysia, Japan and other Pacific Rim … Continued
Washington Post By Jared Bernstein March 28 Jared Bernstein, a former chief economist to Vice President Biden, is a senior fellow at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and author of the new book ‘The Reconnection Agenda: Reuniting Growth and Prosperity.’ … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/04/06/two-powerful-summaries-of-injustice-in-the-charter-sector/ Those of us who live in cities and states where charter schools have rapidly expanded know the sensational stories that appear in the press—fraud, conflicts of interest, nepotism, punitive discipline, and a raft of stories about exclusion … Continued
From Interfaith Power and Light (http://interfaithpowerandlight.org): Six feet. That’s what scientists reported last week as the likely sea level rise in the next 85 years, if we don’t check the current levels of runaway climate change. Under this scenario, “the … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-04-06/criminal-justice/lawsuit-challenges-underfunded-public-defender-system/a51271-1 April 6, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window PITTSBURGH – Poor people must be allowed to sue for enforcement of their right to legal counsel, according to an argument being … Continued
Posted at https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/04/alarming-surge-in-recorded-executions-sees-highest-toll-in-more-than-25-years/ 6 April 2016, 12:27 UTC Dramatic surge in executions globally– highest number recorded by Amnesty International in more than 25 years Three countries – Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia – responsible for almost 90% of all recorded … Continued
Posted at https://janresseger.wordpress.com/2016/04/05/national-education-policy-center-releases-profound-analysis-of-portfolio-school-reform/ In a new policy brief, the National Education Policy Center has published a lucid and pithy summary of the tragedy happening today in urban public school districts across the United States: “As policymakers and the courts abandoned … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2016-04-05/civil-rights/one-person-one-vote-survives-challenge-in-supreme-court/a51251-1 April 5, 2016 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window HARRISBURG, Pa. – In a unanimous decision, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday upheld the principle of ‘one person, one vote,’ by … Continued
Controversial Sunoco Logistics Project Will Steamroll Local Family’s Property Huntingdon, PA – Sunoco Logistics will be constructing a 350-mile pipeline, the Mariner East Project, which will transport natural gas, propane and/or ethane between Eastern Ohio and the Pennsylvania/Delaware line, crossing 17 … Continued