“Anyone who visited Starbucks at 2896 S. Eagle Road in Newtown between 10:50 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. on March 19 should monitor for symptoms,” the Bucks County Health Department warns.
The geneticist and internationally recognized anti-racism educator’s book “weaves together history, current affairs, and cutting-edge science to break down how genetic concepts are misused and how we can approach scientific evidence in a socially responsible way.”
Editor Cyril Mychalejko’s conversation with the head of the New Pennsylvania Project also touches on Civil Rights history, the importance of this year’s statewide judicial elections, and anti-democratic legislation like the SAVE Act.
The Center for American Progress projects Fitzpatrick’s First Congressional District could see $1.31 billion in funding loss for Medicaid and CHIP over 9 years, while 25,000 of his constituents could have their coverage eliminated.
Weiss speaks about her new book “Spell Freedom: The Underground Schools That Built the Civil Rights Movement,” which comes out March 4.
Downer, who recently stepped down as president of the local NAACP, reflects on her life in Bucks County, from when the Klu Klux Klan were burning crosses in Linconia where she grew up to when white conservative Pennridge parents objected to Black authors being included in curriculum.
Learn about the role Christian nationalism and the Christian right play in this broader, and ascendent authoritarian and fascist movement that has democracy in its crosshairs – both in the U.S. and abroad.
“This type of disruption and chaos has no place in our schools,” said Heidi Roux, executive director of Bucks County’s Immigrant Rights Action.
Trump’s so-called economic populism was always empty campaign rhetoric short on substance and details.
Buried within the bill is language that would create federal education private school vouchers and provide a tax dodge for the wealthy while eroding the public school system in favor of taxpayer-subsidized discrimination.
“I’m extraordinarily disappointed and angry that the majority of the board chose to ignore the very real concerns and wishes of their constituents in an apparent bid to further their own agendas,” said Nicole Lynch, a Centennial parent from Southampton Township.
“It is infuriating that Republicans in Congress are willing to make our children go hungry so they can give tax breaks to the already rich,” Minnesota Rep. Angie Craig told States Newsroom.
Funding is running out for a federal rental assistance program, putting families across the commonwealth at risk of eviction.
The Congressional Budget Office estimates this budget will cut $698 billion in Medicaid spending, causing approximately 8.6 million people to lose their health care coverage. It will also result in 3 million less people a month receiving SNAP food stamps benefits.
