BY: J.D. Prose A new statewide poll of urban and rural Pennsylvania voters released last week shows they share similar opinions on corporate influence, school…
POWER InterfaithOctober 30, 2018
BY Mary Laver As the 2016 general election on Nov 6 gets closer, Mary spotlights a congregation within the POWER interfaith network that’s working hard toenhance voter…
POWER InterfaithOctober 3, 2018
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney announced legislation on Wednesday to incrementally raise the minimum wage for city employees and contract workers to $15 by July 1,…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 28, 2018
Philadelphia's mayor has proposed increasing the minimum wage for city workers and employees of city contractors to $15 an hour by July 2022. City workers…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 2018
BY: Michael D'Onofrio Mayor Jim Kenney aims to raise the minimum wage in phases for some workers in the city to $15 an hour by 2022.…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 2018
BY: Claire Sasko Mayor Jim Kenney is pushing to raise the minimum wage to $15 for city employees contractors. Kenney is scheduled to announce on Wednesday proposed…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 27, 2018
For Immediate Release August 27, 2018 POWER CHARGES ENVIRONMENTAL RACISM IN NICETOWN Community group uses Civil Rights law to call for EPA investigation Philadelphia,…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 17, 2018
BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes Last month, 2,000 workers and labor leaders sporting brightly colored shirts and waving "Libertad y justicia para todos" signs marched through Old City…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 11, 2018
WASHINGTON – Trupania Bonner is quick to warn groups registering minorities to vote to be alert for cybertricks. His training class for civic engagement groups now…
POWER InterfaithSeptember 4, 2018
BY: Rev. Gregory Holston With children separated from their parents at the border, routine police shootings of unarmed black men, and the other cares of…
POWER InterfaithAugust 20, 2018
Some local clergy leaders are critical of inner-city pastors who recently lauded President Donald Trump during a recent White House round table that focused on…
POWER InterfaithAugust 4, 2018
BY: JIM SAKSA This story originally appeared on PlanPhilly. — Why does the Philadelphia Parking Authority exist? This isn’t just the lament of drivers filled with…
POWER InterfaithJuly 24, 2018
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 18, 2018 MEDIA CONTACT: Beulah Osueke, (215) 696-0700 bosueke@powerinterfaith.org Interfaith Group Urges Senator Wagner to Commit to Pennsylvania’s Children PHILADELPHIA,…
POWER InterfaithJuly 20, 2018
BY: Avi Wolfman-Arent Governor Tom Wolf called for a major change to the way Pennsylvania funds schools Friday, advocating for the state to distribute its…
POWER InterfaithJuly 2, 2018
BY: Sam Newhouse Philadelphia leaders of faith gathered on Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision upholding the travel ban on citizens of Muslim-majority countries to…
POWER InterfaithJune 27, 2018
BY: Evan Brandt One day before the Pennsylvania General Assembly adopted its $32.7 billion budget, and one day after local parents and school officials rallied…
POWER InterfaithJune 22, 2018
BY: Juliana Feliciano Reyes In 2012, Onetha McKnight and her coworkers would vent about what seemed unfair about their jobs. Their biggest worry, said McKnight, who had…
POWER InterfaithJune 12, 2018
“I think we’ve got to understand that a riot is the language of the unheard.” -Dr. Martin L. King It’s been three days since Donald…
POWER InterfaithJune 8, 2018
BY: Julia Hatmaker Outrage over the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks continued on the evening of April 16. The two men had…
POWER InterfaithMay 3, 2018