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How Protests That Double as Trainings Are Growing This Fossil Fuel Divestment Campaign
By melding theory and practice, Philadelphia’s Vanguard S.O.S. are building skills and collective power.
Ray Bailey
May 26, 2023
Ray Bailey
Civil Liberties Groups Challenge Trump’s ‘Lawless’ Use of Alien Enemies Act for Deportations in Court
March 19, 2025
“Weaponizing a 200-year-old law to facilitate mass deportations is pure xenophobia and would repeat one of the darkest episodes in United States history,” said Erol Kekic, senior vice president of programs at Church World Service.
Trump’s Cuts to Federal Workers Have Taken Their Toll on Pennsylvania. More Are Coming
March 18, 2025
Republican Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick’s First Congressional District has an estimated 5,201 federal employees.
Should Kids Have Access to Their Cellphones at School? Perkasie to Host Community Debate
March 17, 2025
The event, sponsored by The Braver Angels of Southeast Pennsylvania and League of Women Voters of Bucks County, is to promote dialogue and strengthen community relationships.
Advocacy Groups Say PIAA’s Transgender Athlete Policy Change to Appease Trump’s Executive Order Violates Pennsylvania and Federal Law
March 14, 2025
“The executive order is not law and cannot change existing law. The orders even say on them they do not have the force of law,” said Kristina Moon, a senior attorney at the Education Law Center.
Conservatives File Lawsuit to Rollback LGBTQ+ Protections in Pennsylvania
March 14, 2025
The right-wing law firm Thomas More Society, along with their plaintiffs which include South Side Area School District and Knoch School District, and Republican State Representatives Barbara Gleim and Aaron Bernstine, want to make discrimination OK again in the commonwealth.
