Opinion
Sweeps Don’t Solve Homelessness
Instead, governments should prioritize safe, affordable, dignified, and permanent housing for all.
Farrah Hassen
December 19, 2024
Farrah Hassen
Opinion
We Need Housing, Not Handcuffs for People Experiencing Homelessness
Too many communities are responding to rising homelessness by criminalizing the unhoused. It’s more humane and effective to house people.
Farrah Hassen
April 17, 2024
Opinion
We Need to Recognize That Housing Is a Human Right
Housing is fundamental to every person’s life, health, and security. Our government should start treating it that way.
Farrah Hassen
July 20, 2023
Exclusive: Agency Responsible for Report on Student Abuse Allegations at Jamison Elementary School at Risk from Trump Administration’s Proposed Federal Funding Cuts
May 8, 2025
Proposed funding cuts in the draft budget “would impact our ability to do similar investigations and ensure student safety in the future,” said Jennifer Garman, CEO of Philadelphia-based Disability Rights Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania’s Democratic Senator John Fetterman Raises Alarms with Outburst at Meeting with Union Officials
May 7, 2025
Fetterman began repeating himself, shouting and questioning why “everybody is mad at me,” “why does everyone hate me, what did I ever do” and slamming his hands on a desk, according to one person who was briefed on what occurred.
Bucks County Commissioners Meeting Packed with Residents Fired Up Over Sheriff’s ICE Agreement
May 7, 2025
Critics of the potential local 287(g) partnership raised concerns over racial profiling, wrongful arrests, lack of due process, and community safety. However, supporters also turned out raising the issues of human trafficking, crime, and alleged treason.
Hearings in Harrisburg Show Pennsylvania Lawmakers Are Unable to Find Consensus Around Much-needed Cyber Charter School Reform
May 7, 2025
At the first two hearings, some folks brought receipts, and some brought excuses, while the cyber charters themselves declined to appear at all.
Senator Ruben Gallego to Host Town Hall in Bucks County as Part of DNC’s ‘Fight to Save Medicaid’ Month of Action
May 5, 2025
Gallego travels to Pennsylvania’s First Congressional District and will be joined by Bucks County Commissioner Bob Harvie, who is running against Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick, “to engage the constituents Fitzpatrick is ignoring as he backs his party’s reckless budget resolution.”
