From the Kairos Center (https://kairoscenter.org/): The Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival officially launched in Washington, D.C. last week, declaring that we are here to challenge the evils of poverty, systemic racism, the war economy, and environmental devastation with a press … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2017-12-13/education/school-voucher-bills-called-a-bad-deal-for-pa-schools/a60619-1 December 13, 2017 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Education Savings Accounts would give public education money to families to pay private school tuition. (Jason Pope/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Education advocates … Continued
From United We Dream (https://unitedwedream.org/): The DreamActTron is a giant and color screen with loud speakers that is placed outside of Congress in Washington DC, and will screen the stories and messages of all immigrants fighting for a clean #DreamActNow. … Continued
From NETWORK (http://www.networklobby.org): December 12 marks the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the patron saint of young people in the Catholic tradition. Our faith teaches us to love our neighbor and take care of the migrant. As the end … Continued
Whilst the climate is changing rapidly, climatologist Katherine Hayhoe says that scientists have no option but to fight against the politicisation of science By João Medeiros, Dec 9…wired mag… Katherine Hayhoe has no time for denying climate change facts. ‘If … Continued
Clean water is the lifeblood of Pennsylvania and our country. Rivers and streams flow through our communities, providing our clean drinking water, irrigating the crops that grow our food, powering our economy and giving our families opportunities to live healthy … Continued
Posted at http://www.pewforum.org/2017/12/12/americans-say-religious-aspects-of-christmas-are-declining-in-public-life/ Shrinking majority believe biblical account of birth of Jesus depicts actual events WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 12, 2017) – As long-simmering debates continue over how American society should commemorate the Christmas holiday, a new Pew Research Center survey finds … Continued
From Moms Rising (https://www.momsrising.org/): BACKGROUND: Last week, the U.S. House voted on and passed national Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act of 2017 (HR 38), which compels states to recognize concealed carry permits from all over the country, regardless of how lax permitting standards are … Continued
From the Alaska Wilderness League (http://www.alaskawild.org): Ever feel like this Congress and the Trump administration is trying to set our country back a few decades? Well, their latest attack on the Tongass National Forest does just that. In late November, … Continued
Posted at https://talkpoverty.org/2017/11/30/new-bill-congress-make-mobile-home-loans-even-predatory/ December 5, 2017 | Amanda Abrams AP Photo/Seth Wenig At the end of September, the Federal Reserve released its annual collection of data gathered under the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act. Among other findings, the report details that the country’s … Continued