Moms speak out to protect all kids from lead The broken hearts of two brave mothers took center stage this week at City Council. In a pivotal hearing that would determine whether vital improvements to Philadelphia’s lead laws would face a council-wide...
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Tossing the babies out with the soda water–March 15, 2019
Tossing the babies out with the soda water–March 15, 2019
"Philadelphia Council Introduces Bill To Phase Out Soda Tax" It’s the headline the soda industry has been thirsting after. While it won’t cause diabetes, obesity, or tooth decay, it may very well give Philadelphia a nasty hangover. Leaving aside the fact the...
Time to dump overripe Charter Appeal Board–March 8, 2019
Time to dump overripe Charter Appeals Board This week we’re asking you to sign a petition to correct an issue affecting millions in tax dollars and the quality of education that students in charter schools receive. Across the state, students and...
Business leaders demand a new game plan for Southeast PA–March 1, 2019
Underfunding schools heaps burdens upon businesses Southeastern Pennsylvania may only constitute 5% of the state’s geography, but the region, which includes Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery, and Philadelphia counties, is responsible for 41% of the...
Despite high anxieties over lead, PA reports little progress–February 22, 2019
Despite high anxieties over lead, PA reports little progress According to the latest figures provided by the PA Department of Health, 9,325 children under the age of six in the Commonwealth were poisoned by lead in 2017. Considering the tragic, lifelong...
Despite high anxieties over lead, PA reports little progress–February 22, 2019
The best instrument for change is you–February 15, 2019
Indeed, it's the only thing that ever has... “Don’t look away from me,” she said. And no one could. Not the throng of media surrounding her, not the millions who watched her on every news broadcast, and certainly not Senator Jeff Flake, who stood frozen,...
The best instrument for change is you–February 15, 2019
Philly DA moves to reform juvenile justice system–February 8, 2019
Philly DA moves to reform juvenile justice system Philadelphia’s draconian and all too ineffective juvenile justice system has historically been prone to seek incarceration and heavy supervision of children, trapping them in a byzantine system...