From the Climate Reality Project (https://www.climaterealityproject.org/): Back in 2015, we hit an incredible milestone in the fight against climate change. Limits on carbon emissions from power plants in the US were finally established, and America’s Clean Power Plan became a … Continued
From Families USA (http://www.familiesusa.org): Today, families around the country whose children rely on the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) can breathe a sigh of relief. Congress passed 6 years of CHIP funding as part of a package that ended the government … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-01-24/education/report-outlines-plan-for-free-tuition-at-pa-colleges/a61159-2 January 24, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window Pennsylvania is 47th in per capita investment in higher education. (Kumar Appaiah/Flickr) HARRISBURG, Pa. – A nonpartisan research group has released a … Continued
Posted at http://www.publicnewsservice.org/2018-01-24/civil-rights/pa-gerrymandering-ruling-called-major-victory/a61159-1 January 24, 2018 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The court ordered that new congressional district lines be set by Feb. 19. (61-1099lm/Wikimedia Commons) HARRISBURG, Pa. – Election law advocates say … Continued
Adam Eichen, co-author with Frances Moore Lappe of Daring Democracy: Igniting Power, Meaning, and Connection for the America We Want, will be joining MarchOnHarrisburg for a speaking tour and democracy training across Pennsylvania. The forum will include a speech from … Continued
Posted at https://www.chn.org/2018/01/23/missing/#.Wmeatq6nEdU By David Elliot January 23, 2018 Imagine you live in a rural county. Imagine your neighbors – and perhaps you, even – voted for a candidate for public office who ran on a platform of deporting those suspected … Continued
From Oxfam America (http://www.oxfamamerica.org): Over the weekend, Oxfam released a shocking new report ‘Reward Work, Not Wealth,’ revealing that 82% of all the wealth generated in the world in the last year went to just the top 1%, while the … Continued
From the Coalition for Peace Action (http://www.peacecoalition.org/): This is an update of a previous notice last fall of INDW’s five free half hour videos on drone warfare. In addition to providing free access to the videos for congregations that agree to … Continued
From Keystone Research Center (http://www.keystoneresearch.org) and From the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center (http://www.pennbpc.org): HARRISBURG — The Keystone Research Center and the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center today released a new report titled “The Pennsylvania Promise: Making College Affordable and … Continued