by Kristine Howard | Jun 24, 2022 | News
Photo credit: Shutterstock Today’s ruling by the United States Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, while expected, is never-the-less devastating for millions of women throughout America. For those of us in Pennsylvania it is a clarion call for action to...
by Dan Fox | Jun 20, 2022 | News
Photo credit: CNN.com The arrest earlier this week of 31 men from 11 states affiliated with a known hate group planning to violently disrupt a gay pride event in Idaho is only the latest manifestation of the dark turn conservative politics has taken since 2016....
by Kristine Howard | May 26, 2022 | News
Photo credit: Illustration 244083989 © stefantp | Dreamstime.com Monday was just another day in Harrisburg. We considered 2 bills creating specialty license plates, 2 bills acknowledging and establishing state holidays and...
by Kristine Howard | May 4, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
On this day in history, May 3, 1953 the Westchester Conference of the American Library Association issued The Freedom to Read Statement, a declaration that received national attention at the time. To put the statement in context, it came about due...
by Kristine Howard | Apr 12, 2022 | News
In just over three months we have a historic opportunity to flip the Pennsylvania House and elect a Democratic majority. In just 95 days, we must do as revered Member of Congress and civil rights icon Representative John Lewis implored and “vote like we have...
by Kristine Howard | Apr 12, 2022 | News
Rulings made by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in the 2020 election were critical in protecting the win President Joe Biden tallied in the Keystone state. Had Republicans had their way, millions of votes in the Commonwealth cast by mail would have been...