Pa. Rep. Zabel’s resignation highlights need for systemic change in Harrisburg
We need reparative and restorative justice instead of just punitive justice Originally published in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star on March...
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If PA Republicans Were Serious About Crime in Philly They Would Actually Fight It
Originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital Star on October 24, 2022 Violent crime—especially murder—shocks us all. Not only does...
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Dems Need to Sell Record
Republished from the Scranton Times-Tribune There are many critical issues on the ballot this year, but a top priority...
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OP ED: After Supreme Court Ruling, We Need to Redouble our Efforts on Climate
Originally published by The Philadelphia Inquirer, July 9, 2022 The Supreme Court’s ruling is a setback. It will only...
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Marc Stier: We Need a Budget for All Pennsylvanians
Originally published at the TribLive.com on July 6, 2022. The last few weeks of public debate in Harrisburg...
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Who Runs Harrisburg? You or the Corporate Elite?
Originally published in the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, June 29, 2022. By Nick Pressley and Marc Stier Every rumor we hear...
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Guest Commentary: Is This Really Taxadelphia?
The director of a state budget and policy organization has an answer that may surprise you BY MARC STIER...
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The GOP showed us who they are with challenge to Pa. House map
Originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star on February 24, 2022 Pennsylvania House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff, R-Centre, recently filed...
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Pa. can build a clean electric vehicle future. Wolf, lawmakers must embrace it
Originally published by the Pennsylvania Capital-Star on November 18, 2021 To protect our economy and lives from devastating climate...
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This Year We Need to Pass a Budget for the People, Not the Powerful
Originally published by the PA Capital-Star on June 16, 2021 The General Assembly has two more weeks to pass...
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A minimum wage hike would reverse 40-year pay stagnation for working people
Originally published in The Morning Call on March 11, 2021 Raising the minimum wage is about helping low-income workers...
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The minimum wage was created during the Great Depression. We need to raise it during the Pandemic Recession
Originally published at the PA Capital-Star on March 7, 2021 Opponents of raising the minimum wage seem to have...
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