It’s no exaggeration to say that this legislation does more to endanger public health and encourage pollution than any other bill that has passed Congress in our nation’s history, writes Molly Parzen.
In an era of divided government, it’s more important than ever that Pennsylvanians stand up and make their voices heard.
Democrats in Harrisburg recently introduced a landmark voting rights bill, the Voting Rights Protection Act, which is designed to encourage public participation in our elections by reducing barriers that keep people from casting their ballots.
In 2023 alone, more than 158,000 Pennsylvania families benefited from these programs, saving more than $267 million on clean energy investments that provide long-term savings.
As energy demands increase in the commonwealth, the governor has called on PJM to clear a huge backlog of clean energy projects.
Money from these programs is currently being held hostage by Trump to benefit the billionaire oil and gas CEOs who funded his campaign.
Our elected leaders in Harrisburg must ensure Pennsylvania’s economy remains on the path to a clean energy transition that creates new good-paying jobs and pumps billions of dollars of investment into communities across our commonwealth.
But this momentum needs to power us into a 2025 that will likely be filled with many challenges.
Governor Shapiro and our state legislature can – and must – act as a bulwark against any Trump-era rollbacks by strengthening enforcement of our existing environmental laws even as they work to enact new policies that make our state a leader in environmental protection.
“Homelessness is caused by poverty,” said Estelle Richman, HUD Chief Operating Officer during the Obama administration. “These are poor people … Many of them are working. They just don’t have enough money to pay the rent.”
Nuclear war is a real and present danger that we must acknowledge and confront, writes Ira Helfand.
Founder James Lamb said print media was a void that needed to be filled. “I just really like a physical, handheld thing that can be saved, that can migrate when I drop one at the bus stop.”
The Trump administration wants to scoop up voter registration lists and other election data from all 50 states.
The nonpartisan voting rights organization wants everyone in the county to be registered, educated, engaged and active voters.
