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Republican Lawmaker Considered Suing Me For Slander and Libel Over Medical Marijuana Story

May 17, 2015 2

I know. Swoon. Last month, I wrote a story about State Representative Matthew Baker’s financial connections to the pharmaceutical industry. In the article, I pointed out that the Health Committee Chair received $22,800 from Big […]

Philly Low Wage Workers Stage May Day Rally to Demand $15 Minimum Wage Ballot Question

April 30, 2015 0

Media Release: 15 Now Philly State Senator Daylin Leach and workers are set to rally for $15/hour minimum wage law. Energy for the rally has been building as Daylin Leach announces new legislation calling for a […]

Explosive New Report: Right-Wing Financial Traders from the Suburbs Bet Big on the Philadelphia Mayoral Race

April 30, 2015 0

Media Release: Keystone Progress, April 30, 2015 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania– Today, a new report unveiled at City Hall, showed how the controversial Susquehanna International Group (SIG) is leveraging direct ties to the Koch Brothers, Scott Walker, […]

Community Group Forms to Urge Schools to Highlight Experiences, Not Assessments, in Education

April 7, 2015 2

PRESS RELEASE: MERIT, 4/6/15 Kutztown Area School District’s state standardized tests for grades 3-8, the PSSAs, are scheduled to begin on Monday, April 13. A community organization has formed to share concerns about the negative […]

Statement of Delaware Riverkeeper Network Regarding Solvay Company’s PFNA Advertising Campaign

April 7, 2015 0

PRESS RELEASE: Delaware Riverkeeper Network Gloucester County, NJ – On April 2, Solvay Specialty Polymers of West Deptford, Gloucester County, New Jersey placed a full page advertisement in the South Jersey Times regarding contamination of the […]

#NAWD | Mutual Aid for Adjuncts: PrecariCorps to Collect Donations to Assist Adjuncts in Need

February 25, 2015 1

Press Release: PrecariCorps, February 25, 2015 “EQUAL WORK, EQUAL VOICE, EQUAL PAY” #NAWD “I am constantly playing catch up with this life,” an adjunct in New England who recently contacted us writes. “I get classes, and […]

Lifting PA’s Minimum Wage to $10.10 Per Hour Would Give a Much Bigger Boost to PA Families and Economy than an Increase to $8.75

February 10, 2015 0

News release: Keystone Research Center HARRISBURG, Pa. – Increasing Pennsylvania’s minimum hourly wage to $10.10 instead of $8.75 would benefit nearly three times as many workers, boost wages more than five times as much and […]

Governor Wolf Takes a Critical Step to Expanding Healthcare Access for Pennsylvania’s Working Families

February 9, 2015 0

NEWS RELEASE: SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania Harrisburg, PA – Neal Bisno, President of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania and Chair of the United Home Care Workers of Pennsylvania (an AFSCME-SEIU partnership) issued the following statement in response to today’s announcement by Governor Wolf […]

PA Ruling Class Sees Pitchforks Coming, Advances Laughable Bill to Preserve Poverty Wages

February 3, 2015 0

Media Statement: 15 Now Philly Across the United States a surging movement of the working class is fighting for at least a $15 an hour minimum wage. Fast Food and Walmart workers are organizing and […]

PA GOV. WOLF PURSUES DRILLING ON 700,000 ACRES OF STATE LAND

January 29, 2015 1

Press Release: Energy Justice Network | January 29, 2015 PHILADELPHIA, Pa. – On Thursday, Governor Tom Wolf will announce a moratorium on new oil and gas leases in state lands, but will leave nearly 700,000 acres of […]