Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-01-25/climate-change-air-quality/bidens-clean-air-climate-actions-seen-as-benefit-for-pa/a72919-1 January 25, 2021 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window The administration wants to review the Trump EPA’s weakening of vehicle-emission standards. (Nady/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. — Environmental advocates say President Joe Biden’s … Continued
The efforts of the Sanctuary Movement across organizations, faith communities and impacted immigrant leaders has had tremendous influence in the fight to stop deportations and keep families together over the last four years. Join Sanctuary Faith/ Lay Leader Sign On … Continued
In one of his first acts in office, President Biden has officially recommitted the United States to the Paris Climate Agreement. This international treaty is one of our most important tools for addressing the climate crisis, not only as a nation, but … Continued
From the National Religious Campaign Against Torture (http://www.nrcat.org): President Biden’s signature on the executive order rescinding the Muslim Ban on his first day in office is a fitting rebuke to a failed Trump presidency that brokered in lies, xenophobia, racism, … Continued
From the Coalition on Human Needs (http://www.chn.org): This week, we inaugurate Joe Biden as the next President of the United States. The shift of power in the White House and Congress provides a critical opportunity for progress. With hundreds of … Continued
From the Sentencing Project (http://www.sentencingproject.org): Following a nearly 700% increase between 1972 and 2009, the U.S. prison population declined 11% in the subsequent 10 years. At this rate of decline it will take 57 years — until 2078 — to … Continued
Posted at https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-01-22/housing-homelessness/biden-eviction-moratorium-called-good-start/a72896-1 January 22, 2021 – Andrea Sears, Public News Service (PA) Play Audio in Browser Window COVID-driven unemployment has left millions of tenants nationwide thousands of dollars behind in rent. (CLShebley/Adobe Stock) HARRISBURG, Pa. – As an estimated 230,000 … Continued
You did it! Community pressure worked! After two months of community groundswell we are thrilled to announce that the two Haitian families at the Berks County Detention Center, who had been imprisoned since before the pandemic started, are no longer … Continued
