Katie McGinty (D), running for election as U.S. Senator for PA, answered our 2016 Voter Guide questions for candidates on the ballot in Allegheny County.
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Pat Toomey: Candidate for U.S. Congress
Pat Toomey (R), running for re-election as U.S. Senator for PA, answered our 2016 Voter Guide questions for candidates on the ballot in Allegheny County.
Mike Doyle: Candidate for U.S. Congress
Mike Doyle (D), running for re-election to the U.S. House of Representatives in PA’s 14th congressional district, answered our 2016 Voter Guide questions for candidates on the ballot in Allegheny […]
Lenny McAllister: Candidate for U.S. Congress
Lenny McAllister (R), running for election to the U.S. House of Representatives in PA’s 14th congressional district, answered our 2016 Voter Guide questions.
News Release: Poverty Remains Stuck in Pennsylvania
Poverty in Pennsylvania and Allegheny County failed to significantly improve between 2013 and 2014, and is particularly affecting children and minorities. Looming cuts to federal funding for safety net and […]
Take action to prevent a government shutdown!
Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services has been instructed to issue food stamp benefits for October, but if a federal government shutdown occurs, they will not be redeemable.
The Constant Gardener: What Congress doesn’t get about poverty but the Pope does
Earlier this month Just Harvest led a delegation to Washington, DC to urge our legislators to protect the federal food stamp program in the upcoming round of budget negotiations. What […]
Help stop food stamp cuts – a key part of the new GOP budget
Congress has taken its first official steps to advance a GOP-sponsored budget, which, if passed, would be disastrous for low- and middle-income Pennsylvanians.
New school meals and WIC provisions are “a major step backwards”
Members of Congress are prioritizing profits over healthy school meals, and for the first time in history are letting lobbyists tamper with one of the nation’s key child nutrition programs.
Fast food worker protests go worldwide in historic day of action
On May 15th, Just Harvest joined protesters in Pittsburgh in demanding a living wage and the right to unionize for fast food workers. These protests were part of a day […]
