From 350.org (https://350.org/): This week Donald Trump signed executive actions that attempt to restart the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline and the Dakota Access fracked oil pipeline. Trump is pushing these pipelines for one reason: because people powered movements stopped … Continued
Posted at https://mcc.org/stories/statement-welcoming-immigrants-refugees-neighbors January 26, 2017 MCC photo/Tim Hoover 2008; The border wall in Nogales, Mexico, from the Mexican side of the wall. Do not oppress the widow, the orphan, the alien, or the poor; and do not devise evil … Continued
Posted at http://www.justice100.org/single-post/2017/01/27/I-was-a-stranger-and-you-did-not-welcome-me%E2%80%9D January 27, 2017 Fr. James Martin, SJ, Jesuit Priest Watch the video: https://www.facebook.com/FrJamesMartin/videos/10154132008256496/ President Trump has announced that he will order the construction of a Mexican border wall, the first in a series of actions to crack … Continued
From the Interfaith Immigration Coalition (http://www.interfaithimmigration.org): Please sign the petition at http://petitions.moveon.org/sign/do-not-stop-refugee-resettle calling to prevent stopping refugee resettlement. As of Friday morning, January 27, there are nearly 56,000 signatures! Other actions include tweeting: @realDonaldTrump and @WhiteHouse .@realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse Americans support … Continued
By Jeff Bryant “There’s ample evidence … that much of the vaunted ‘accountability’ of charter schools is an empty promise at best, and at worse, a curtain to hide all sorts of malfeasance and corruption … As a new report … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-01-24/civil-rights/advocates-urge-caution-in-closing-prisons/a56073-1 January 24, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window More than 49,000 inmates currently are held in Pennsylvania state prisons. (ErikaWittlieb/pixabay.com) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Governor Tom Wolf wants to close two … Continued
From Public Health Library (http://publichealthlibrary.org/): As a parent and a hunter, I know all too well the importance of utilizing gun safety. I keep my firearms in a locked safe at all times, and I have taught my children how … Continued
Posted at http://publicherald.org/hidden-data-suggests-fracking-created-widespread-systemic-impact-in-pennsylvania/ Trends Show Impacts Are Getting Worse by Melissa A. Troutman, Sierra Shamer and Joshua B. Pribanic for Public Herald After a three-year investigation in Pennsylvania, Public Herald has uncovered evidence of widespread and systemic impacts related to “fracking,” a controversial oil and gas … Continued
From Lancaster Against Pipelines (http://www.wearelancastercounty.org/): On January 15, over 200 people gathered at the STAND for a day of community action. First, we threw FERC’s Final Environmental Impact Statement into a giant bonfire, rejecting its conclusion that the ASP would … Continued
From CLASP (http://www.clasp.org/): By Olivia Golden This commentary originally appeared on January 19, 2017 in Washington Monthly. In his farewell speech last week, President Barack Obama declared that supporting young people of color is not only a matter of justice … Continued